Business

HELP Inc. announced that the number of qualified fleet customers using its PrePass bypass solution has passed the 40,000 mark as of Dec. 2.

UTi Worldwide Inc., the U.S. logistics firm whose biggest shareholder is hedge fund P2 Capital Partners, has denied a report by Bloomberg News that it is in advanced talks to sell itself to DSV A/S, the Nordic region’s biggest trucking company.

American Trucking Associations pledged that its members will hire 100,000 military veterans over the next two years.

Mark Rosekind, the administration’s choice to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is scheduled to appear before a key Senate panel Dec. 3.

Tom Petri (R-Wis.), the outgoing chairman of the subcommittee on highways, said he will become a co-sponsor of a bill that would increase federal fuel taxes to support the nation’s transportation system.

A former United Parcel Service Inc. driver is pressing what may become the most significant case in decades on the rights of pregnant workers as she asks the U.S. Supreme Court to expand protection for millions of women.

Trimble, the parent of several major suppliers of technology to the North American trucking industry, has acquired a rail technology firm. Terms were not disclosed.

Ruan Transportation Management Systems has promoted Ben McLean to CEO from chief operating officer, succeeding Steve Chapman.

Construction spending rose 1.1% in October, the Commerce Department reported Dec. 2.

Diesel’s national average pump price declined 2.3 cents to $3.605 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 1, after last week’s plunge in oil prices to a five-year low.