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Freightliner Corp.Freightliner Corp. believes on-board recorders will become required safety equipment in the near future, and is placing “black boxes” as standard equipment on its newest products.

This afternoon's headlines: Volvo sees weaker U.S. heavy truck market in 2000; Consolidated Freightways upgrades fleet with new trucks; and Ameritruck plans exit from Chapter 11.

In the news this morning: Union threatens to disrupt Seattle port; Mexico's TMM heeds U.S. Customs, vows all-points anti-drug effort; and Maine trucking company faces charges.

Many small trucking companies are in a bind when it comes to information technology: They like it, and they think it can help them do their jobs, but it’s often out of their price range.

Officials at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., have until the end of September to avoid another strike by container haulers at the ports.

A week after Hurricane Floyd marched up the East Coast’s I-95 corridor, some towns and highways in North Carolina remained under water, disrupting freight service.

This afternoon's headlines: HINO Motors engine cuts nitrogen oxide emissions; PACCAR opens new Canadian plant; amd Transit Group agrees to buy Land Transportation operations.

In the news this morning: FDX clears stock repurchase plan; Yellow Corp. stock slides after recent surge; and Manslaughter trial of alleged drunk trucker begins in Texas.

The Federal Railroad Administration is expanding its safety oversight to target the role of human error in railroad accidents, Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater announced Sept. 23.

Truckers are watching their profits erode as diesel prices continue to climb, with FDX Corp. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services telling investors that high fuel costs have cut into their earnings.