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Wabash鈥檚 Profit Improves; Sales Dip

Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit was $5.6 million, or 18 cents a share, compared with a loss of $5 million, or 16 cents, a year ago.

February 11, 2008

Letters to the Editor: Reefer Rules, Fuel Tax Increase, Left Lane 鈥楤an鈥

Transport Topics does a service to its readership with its continuing coverage of environmental regulations, and the Jan. 21 issue is no exception.

February 11, 2008

NHTSA Seeks Ways to Use Technology to Reduce Truck-Involved Fatalities

A high-ranking federal safety regulator said truck-involved fatalities have been stuck at a 鈥渞elatively flat鈥 level for years, and that trend leads officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recommend using 鈥淏uck Rogers鈥-style technologies to lower accident rates.

February 11, 2008

Old Dominion Buys Montana Carrier

Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line said Monday it signed an agreement to buy a Montana trucking company. Terms were not released.

February 11, 2008

Diesel Price Unchanged at $3.28

The average national price of retail diesel fuel held at $3.28 a gallon from a week ago, the Department of Energy said Monday.

February 11, 2008

Wholesale Inventories Rise 1.1%

Wholesale inventories rose 1.1% in December, though sales fell 0.7%, the Commerce Department said Friday.

February 8, 2008

UTI Worldwide to Cut Workforce

Freight forwarder UTI Worldwide plans to cut its workforce by 7%, eliminate divisions in the Americas and Africa and restructure management in an effort to its boost its profitability, the company said Friday.

February 8, 2008

Truck Fatality Figures Reach Record Lows, ATA Says

Three of the primary measures of large truck safety fell to record lows in 2006, American Trucking Associations said Friday.

February 8, 2008

Navteq鈥檚 Profit Jumps for Quarter, Year

Navteq Corp., a maker of maps used in transportation navigation, said its fourth-quarter profit rose to $61.9 million, or 61 cents per share, from $42.9 million, or 45 cents, a year earlier.

February 7, 2008

P.A.M. Reports Fourth-Quarter Loss

Truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services said it lost $840,000, or 8 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared with net income of $4.3 million, or 41 cents, a year earlier.

February 8, 2008