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TMW Systems unveiled a series of products enhancements and upgrades at its TMW TransForum 2011, being held this week in Dallas.

President Obama signed a transportation funding extension into law, restoring money to pay 80,000 aviation and construction workers and ensuring highway and transportation funding through early next year, news reports said.

SkyBitz Inc. said it has sold 1,500 more of its GLS mobile terminals for tracking trailers to truckload carrier Brown Trucking Co., Lithonia, Ga.

Shareholders of YRC Worldwide voted to approve a restructuring plan for the less-than-truckload carrier, Bloomberg reported.

Teletrac Inc. has announced a new mobile data interface for its Fleet Director product that works with TMWSuite software from TMW Systems.

NEW YORK — Motor freight rates remain on the rise, climbing at much as 10%, despite generally stagnant cargo volumes, as carriers focus on pricing and effectively match capacity to demand, six top industry officials said at a recent investment conference.

This is in reference to the editorial “Fixing the EOBR Rule.” What we need to fix the electronic onboard recorder rule — and many other inane decisions by activist jurists — is a little real-world common sense.

Global petroleum provider Shell Oil Co. unveiled a major push to promote natural gas in North American freight transportation, saying that it aims to produce liquefied natural gas suitable for commercial vehicles in a plant near Calgary, Alberta, by 2013.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Western Star, the severe service and specialty subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, aims to double its market share in the heavy-duty category over the next three years, according to company officials.