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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s last-minute decision to delay its highly anticipated review of how it assigns fault in truck-related crashes has seriously damaged the agency’s credibility with the trucking industry, according to some industry officials.

U.S. heavy-duty truck sales continued to surge in February, as fleets and owner-operators bought 15,418 Class 8s, a 58.8% jump over the 9,712 sold a year earlier, WardsAuto.com reported March 12.

Prime Inc. President Robert Low puts his commitment to improving truckers’ health on the line at lunchtime, playing full-court basketball with co-workers.

The federal government’s program allowing Mexican trucks into the country improperly exempts Mexican truckers from regulations concerning licenses, medical certification and drug testing, an advocacy group told a federal court last week.

Heavy-duty engine manufacturers blasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week for allowing Navistar Inc. to pay penalties to sell engines that do not comply with 2010 emissions standards, saying the agency did not follow the law in determining the penalties.

At least one major motor carrier said it had a truck fire related to a defect in Detroit Diesel engines that was the subject of a recent recall, but other fleets using the Detroit engines made by Daimler Trucks North America either didn’t comment or said they had not experienced problems.

Diesel prices continued to climb, as the national average price rose by 2.9 cents to $4.123 a gallon last week, according to the Department of Energy.

Oil rose almost $2 Friday to finish the week over $107 a barrel, on signs that the U.S. economy was rebounding, Bloomberg reported.

XPO Logistics said it has commenced a $126 million public offering of 8 million shares of its common stock.