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The Transportation Safety Administration said that that beginning Thursday, some 23,000 workers from the Port of Savannah, including truck drivers, are expected to enroll in the Department of °®¶¹´«Ã½land Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program.

An amendment that would have blocked tolling on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania was dropped from the 2008 federal transportation appropriations legislation, said the congressmen who introduced the measure

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators told Congress that the Department of Transportation’s drug- and alcohol-testing program for truck drivers is unreliable and riddled with problems.

Sometime in the near future, a new generation of supersized containerships — up to 50% larger than current vessels — will make its first appearance on the East Coast of the United States.

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Lawmakers preserved language in a transportation funding bill that would block a federal pilot program allowing Mexican trucking companies to operate inside the United States, news services reported Friday.

Bill Davis Trucking, a truckload carrier based in Batesville, Ark., filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Act late last month.

WASHINGTON — The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week approved a $2 billion plan to toughen bridge inspection standards and limit states’ ability to spend federal bridge funds on other projects.

Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group Income Fund’s third-quarter profit rose to C$38 million or 45 cents a share, from C$32.1 million or 45 cents a year earlier.