Class 8 truck orders jumped 32% in September from a year ago to 24,900, ACT Research Co. reported.

Knight Transportation has acquired dry van truckload carrier Barr-Nunn Transportation, based in Des Moines, Iowa.

Diesel dropped 2.3 cents — the same decline as last week — to $3.755 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Sept. 29.

The average marginal cost per mile for truck drivers rose to $1.68 in 2013 from $1.63 in 2012, according to a report from the American Transportation Research Institute.

August truck tonnage jumped 4.5% year-over-year to a record high, American Trucking Associations reported Sept. 23.

Diesel dropped 2.3 cents to $3.778 a gallon, the lowest national average price in more than two years, the Department of Energy reported Sept. 22.

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency unveiled a new website designed to help trucking companies identify potential savings from using a variety of systems and technologies in their fleets.

The American Transportation Research Institute has released a compendium of sustainable freight practices.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Mansfield Energy Corp. announced the formation of a joint venture that will provide natural-gas fueling to U.S. bulk-fuel haulers, a segment that consumes more than 3 billion gallons of fuel every year.

Diesel resumed its downward trend after a one-week hiatus, slipping 1.3 cents to $3.801 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.