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The Canadian Trucking Alliance said it is asking all the major North American heavy truck manufacturers to make anti-rollover technology standard equipment in their new vehicle packages.

Family members of Malcom McLean, the founder of intermodal carrier Trailer Bridge Inc., are planning to sell their stake in the company, Trailer Bridge said.

Canadian transportation firm TransForce Income Fund said it will acquire Thibodeau Group of Companies, a less-than-truckload and truckload carrier based in Quebec.

DHL Worldwide Express, part of Germany’s Deutsche Post AG, said it will build a $175 million cargo hub in Shanghai to help the parcel courier accommodate growing trade in Northern Asia, Bloomberg News reported Monday.

Ramey Peru, chief financial officer of truckload carrier Swift Transportation, will resign from his position effective Dec. 31, the carrier said.

The continuing drought in freight withered third-quarter earnings results for truckload carriers, with all 13 of the companies that reported through Nov. 20 showing lower levels of profitability than a year ago.

Trucking bankruptcies rose 11.5% in October from the previous month as carriers struggled with weak freight demand and sharply rising costs for fuel and other operating expenses, according to data from investment bank Credit Suisse in New York.

Mark Zaluski was one of the lucky ones. At 3:10 p.m. on Oct. 25, his rig occupied one of only 16 truck parking spaces on the north side of a travel plaza off Interstate 94 about 40 miles north of Chicago.

The average price of retail diesel fell 1.5 cents last week to $3.41 a gallon, ending a string of five straight increases that had pushed the fuel to record levels, the Department of Energy reported.

The index of leading economic indicators fell in October, the New York-based Conference Board said Wednesday.