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There’s no shortage of catchy phrases to describe the sights and sounds of the trucking industry: what’s “under the hood” or “down the road” or who’s “behind the wheel,” for example. These themes are also handy for describing issues confronting the industry that cropped up in relation to some recent and upcoming industry events.

Now is the time to get serious about fixing the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, which means it’s also time to raise fuel taxes to pay for it.

Ownership of Veeco Services, a warehousing, transportation and distribution firm based in North Bergen, N.J., has changed hands, according to Ron Lentz, managing director of G2 Capital Advisors in Boston.

UPS Inc. began development of a $41 million facility in El Paso, Texas, to expand its work in the cross-border market along the Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico corridor. The 153,000-square-foot facility has been added to UPS Smart Global Logistics Network and will serve producers in the automotive, electronics, appliances and machinery industries. The facility is scheduled to begin operations this fall.

Alliance Shippers Inc. made two executive appointments following the death of longtime president and co-founder Ronald Lefcourt in January, naming Ronald’s son, Jonathan, president and CEO and promoting Steven Golich to chief operating officer.