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Industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp. said it has combined its truck and automotive aftermarket divisions with its heavy-duty clutch building subsidiary into a single entity called the global aftermarket and clutch business unit.

Freight capacity remains generally tight and demand strong ahead of the summer shipping season, ac-ording to several carrier executives and analysts.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The leadership of American Trucking Associations last week urged the federal government not to attempt to regulate the speed with which trucks are loaded and unloaded.

Fleets could receive tax credits for certain advanced safety technologies under a bill introduced this month in the House of Representatives.

Although the U.S. economy continues to improve, there remains a spottiness within the freight-hauling sector, a logistics executive said.

A federal program aimed at helping states buy technology to speed trucks wirelessly through weigh stations obligated spending more than $23 million above the level Congress authorized, according to a new government review of the program.

American Trucking Associations paid tribute on May 15 to longtime trucking executive Michael Wickham with its highest award.

Con-way Inc. said Monday its truckload division is continuing to operate out of its Joplin, Mo., headquarters, despite some damage from Sunday evening’s huge tornado that killed at least 89 people in the city.

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