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News Flash: Since the administration has rejected any move to raise fuel taxes, it’s incumbent on the Department of Transportation to work with Congress to select another funding source for the nation’s infrastructure needs.

The Department of Homeland Security has made progress in screening cargo entering U.S. ports, but the agency has no plan in place to meet a 2012 congressional deadline that 100% of all containers be checked for possible nuclear devices, according to a new government report.

Union Pacific Railroad opened a route through California’s Donner Pass to domestic double-stack intermodal container service, enabling the railroad to operate longer, faster trains.

A provision inserted at the last minute into the House hazmat safety bill calls for the Department of Transportation to report to Congress on its efforts to address the longstanding problem of cargo tank rollovers.

As customers seek ways to cut expenses and reduce their carbon footprint through the supply chain, warehouse operators are taking their own steps to trim energy use, optimize loads and automate processes.

Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks will be on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show in 2010, but Volvos won’t, according to officials of the truck makers.

Registrations of new trailers in the United States are running at less than half of last year’s pace, nearly ensuring that 2009 will be the worst 12 months for trailer sales since at least 1975.

TMW Systems last week acquired Innovative Computing Corp., combining two of the best-known names in the marketplace and expanding the reach of the largest provider of fleet-management software.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general said the federal agency needs to work with Congress to develop a plan to fund the nation’s surface transportation network.

Ernie Betancourt, until recently the president of Innovative Computing Corp., has parted ways with the country’s oldest provider of trucking software but not with the trucking industry.