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Class 8 vehicle sales surged 21.6% in June to 19,373 units, the third-highest monthly total since the end of 2006, WardsAuto.com reported.

The Republican-led House of Representatives on July 15 easily passed legislation that would rescue a cash-strapped federal highway account through May.

Trucking failures virtually doubled in the second quarter, compared with the same period last year, as continued driver and regulatory cost pressures pushed more marginal fleets off the road, a new report found.

Imagine being able to have trucks and their drivers wirelessly inspected as they travel at highway speed — then top that off with improving the vehicle’s fuel efficiency.

WASHINGTON — In a reversal of roles, freight transportation executives and officials went to Capitol Hill to hear testimony from senators, representatives, executive branch officials and staff aides on policy for their industry.

Pilot Flying J will pay a $92 million penalty as part of an agreement with the federal government to take responsibility for the criminal actions of employees who shortchanged trucking companies on their diesel fuel rebates.

American Trucking Associations announced it has promoted four current vice presidents to the senior vice president level.

Mullen Trucking LP, the Canadian fleet involved in last year’s collapse of an Interstate 5 bridge in Washington state, said it will improve its planning after the National Transportation Safety Board determined the company failed to properly route the trip that resulted in the accident.

The U.S. diesel average declined 1.9 cents to $3.894 a gallon, while the gasoline price posted its biggest downturn in nine months, the Department of Energy reported July 14.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and Marten Transport Ltd. each posted modestly higher net income and emphasized the prominence of rising driver costs and higher rates in the reports that kicked off the industry’s second-quarter earnings cycle.