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More than 5,000 logistics professionals have gathered in Toronto for the 1999 meeting of the Council of Logistics Management to focus on strengthening the global logistics network.

North Dakota authorities are on the lookout for Kyle Bell, a muderer who escaped a prison transport bus Thursday when it stopped at a truck stop in Santa Rosa, NM.

In the news this morning: Volvo not interested in U.S. acquisition now; UPS reports increase in third-quarter profits; and Houston trucker is charged in death of girl killed in August crash.

This afternoon's headlines: Caterpillar reports third-quarter profits per share; Asche recapitalizes through Minn. lender; and Dover reports record quarterly earnings.

The trucking industry breathed a collective sigh of relief as the diesel fuel price fell this week for the first time in 18 weeks. But some analysts say further drops are unlikely.

Wawa Food Markets' unionized truck drivers and warehouse workers have ratified a new five-year contract with the company, but it was anything but unanimous, a union official said.

In the first public visit by a sitting president to a Teamster leader since Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Clinton said he would not open the border to unqualified drivers from Mexico.

In the news this morning: Ten indicted in smuggling truck drivers into the U.S.; N.J. officials suspend traffic-blocking inspections; and Covenant announces record revenue, earnings.

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to create the a separate truck safety agency within the Department of Transportation and beef up truck and bus safety on other fronts.

This afternoon's headlines: M.S. Carriers reports increases in revenue, earnings; Trucks continue to operate, but labor unrest looms over Seattle port; and Werner reports increased revenues.