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Spurred by the demands of newer diesel engines, changing emissions technology and escalating competition, truck-stop operators say they have begun placing more fuels and other products where drivers can find them fast and buy them with a single swipe of a credit card.

Used Class 8 truck sales declined in December from a year earlier as vehicle prices increased and average mileage trickled lower, according to ACT Research.

UPS Inc. posted a $1.75 billion fourth-quarter loss tied to pension costs, but CEO Scott Davis forecast 2013 earnings could improve, along with the U.S. and global economies.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has waived the federal hearing standard for 40 deaf or hard-of-hearing people who want to get commercial driver licenses, the agency said Friday.

U.S. manufacturing activity rose in January, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.

The Federal Reserve Wednesday said it was holding a key interest rate at a record low as “economic activity paused in recent months.”

The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.1% annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) announced a proposed plan to have the state’s Department of Transportation oversee the operations of the Kansas Turnpike Authority.

Fleets that haul the nation’s largest and heaviest freight — such as bridge girders, huge generators or industrial tires that can weigh 30,000 pounds each — first have to master a challenging regulatory environment unlike any other in trucking, according to fleet executives.