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A two-mile stretch of Interstate 75 is “indefinitely closed” in both directions near Detroit following a large but non-fatal accident involving a tanker truck Wednesday night, the Associated Press reported.

An American Trucking Associations official told a Senate committee Tuesday that climate-change legislation would impose significant costs on American consumers.

Fleet reports of highway tractors bursting into flames, on the road or while parked, raise questions of whether a trend is showing itself and leave only hints as to common causes.

American Trucking Associations has replaced J.J. Keller & Associates as the provider of Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards products.

P.A.M. Transportation Services Monday named Daniel Cushman its new president, replacing long-time president Robert Weaver.

Navman Wireless has added truck-specific routing to the M-Nav 750, the latest incarnation of the Glenview, Ill., company’s handheld GPS unit for fleet users.

The Department of Transportation has approved a $386 million loan to finance construction on the Triangle Expressway in North Carolina.

At a time when good news in the trucking industry is hard to come by, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration served up a generous helping of it last week when it said that truck-related highway fatalities plummeted 12% last year.

The European Union last week imposed tariffs on biodiesel imported from the United States to counter low prices it said were caused by subsidies, but a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative denied subsidies were the main reason for the growth of U.S. sales in Europe and that the United States would review the tariffs “closely.”