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PTG Logistics has ordered 70 SmartWay Great Dane composite-plate trailers.

With cardless fueling, some trucking officials believe, the future may have to wait. Radio-frequency-identification systems appear to be ideal, but many said they’re holding out for more industrywide acceptance.

Con-way Freight and YRC have launched new smart-phone applications for their shippers.

Peter Appel, administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, announced he will step down after less than three years on the job.

OnAsset Intelligence, a provider of freight management software and tracking devices, said it has enhanced its Vision Software product.

AUSTIN, Texas — Teletrac Inc. will supply electronic monitoring devices in Mexican trucks participating in the cross-border trucking pilot program set to begin soon, a federal official announced.

Transportation software companies Xata Corp. and McLeod Software on Monday announced joint-development projects to help fleets comply with hours-of-service regulations and improve driver and vehicle performance.

Con-way Freight has launched a smart phone application that enables customers to create personalized rate quotes for shipments in the United States and Canada.

The discussion of further restricting cellphone use by truck drivers likely will not lead to limitations on the use of in-cab communication devices, in part because the devices have built-in safeguards, executives with technology firms said.