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Daimler AG plans to start production at a truck plant in south India by the third quarter of this year, the head of its Indian commercial truck unit said Wednesday.

I have attended several meetings of American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council where participants have stated they simply want to know how many years a component will last.

DOT released its long-awaited final hours-of-service rule Thursday, leaving in place an 11-hour daily driving limit while cutting drivers' weekly hours. The rule was not well-received by trucking and shippers' groups.

The U.S. economy rose at a slower rate than previously reported in the third quarter, growing at a 1.8% annual pace, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

An index of leading economic indicators rose in November, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

Motor carriers spent all of 2011 waiting for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to announce its latest hours-of-service rule.

Despite reports about costly congestion and the deteriorating state of America’s roads and bridges, Congress failed for the third consecutive year to produce a long-term surface transportation spending plan.

The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to create a national freight program that its sponsors said would boost America’s global economic competitiveness, improve its mobility and promote energy conservation.

A new congressional report charged that transportation workers with criminal records have been issued Transportation Worker Identification Credentials because federal officials are being denied full access to the FBI’s criminal history database.