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LAS VEGAS — Fleet executives said that while going green does provide societal and environmental benefits, the biggest benefit to carriers is that is saves money in fuel and other costs.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — When Frame’s Motor Freight needed a driver to take a load in mid-September from suburban Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pa., President Robert Temple walked downstairs from his office, slid behind the wheel of a 2004 Freightliner and made the delivery.

LAS VEGAS — After more than a year of political and economic struggles, trucking leaders said they were doubling down in the hope that the industry would enter a period of strong recovery.

A federal appeals court upheld a $4.61 million jury verdict in favor of a South Carolina freight agent in its legal battle against USA Truck, affirming a lower court finding that the Van Buren, Ark., truckload carrier owed several years of commissions to one of its former agents.

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — The day in 1998 that Tommy Hodges sold Goggin Truck Line should have been one of the best days of his life.

LAS VEGAS — The safety chief of the nation’s largest truckload fleet said trucking can no longer afford to ignore sleep apnea and fatigue, a disorder that is significantly under-diagnosed and “grossly underreported” in accidents.

Officials with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they expect to reach their clean trucks goal of reducing port diesel emissions 80% by the end of 2010 — a year or more ahead of schedule.

LAS VEGAS — The leadership of American Trucking Associations addressed several policy issues here during the group’s annual conference, ranging from the supporting documents fleets need to provide for hours-of-service compliance to what alternative fuels are used in the nation.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Freightliner Trucks showcased its latest entry in the severe service and vocational truck markets Oct. 6, when it introduced new heavy-duty dump truck and tractor models at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition here.

LAS VEGAS — As the push to outlaw driving distractions grows, American Trucking Associations endorsed a U.S. Senate effort to ban text messaging by motor vehicle operators.