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U.S. Class 8 retail sales in August inched slightly higher as truck makers posted mixed results compared with a year earlier, WardsAuto .com reported.

Truck tonnage in July declined 2.9% when measured against the same month in 2020, according to American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index.

Class 8 retail sales in July neared 17,000 and improved 16.3% compared with a year earlier, but landed at the year’s second-lowest level, WardsAuto .com reported.

A federal judge on July 28 granted a request by federal prosecutors to dismiss criminal charges against former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and two other former company executives, all of whom were scheduled to be retried early next year on charges related to a massive diesel fuel rebate scheme.

Truck tonnage in June inched up 0.5% compared with year-ago levels, a slowdown compared with recent months amid a tempering of freight activity nationwide, according to American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index.

U.S. retail sales of Class 8 vehicles in June punched above 19,000, WardsAuto .com reported, and reached the second-highest volume this year.

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings has announced a deal to acquire less-than-truckload specialist AAA Cooper Transportation.

Truck tonnage rose 3.7% in May compared with year-ago levels and is pacing well against comparisons to the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to American Trucking Associations.

GlobalTranz Enterprises and Worldwide Express are merging in a deal announced June 11, bringing together two non-asset-based providers of logistics services.

U.S. Class 8 retail sales in May cleared 18,000 and trounced year-earlier levels that had plunged amid the pandemic, WardsAuto .com reported.