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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration soon will introduce a program that will list certified medical examiners on a national registry and require all interstate commercial truck drivers to obtain their medical certification from an approved examiner.

California environmental regulators said they are beginning to enforce the state’s five-minute idling limit for diesel-fueled commercial vehicles, including those with sleeper cabs.

Rail and intermodal traffic declined last week compared with the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

Daimler AG, citing a “fundamental change” in the heavy-duty vehicle market, will drop its Sterling Trucks brand and cut North American production capacity 20% by closing two factories, including its one-time flagship plant in Portland, Ore., the company’s top executive said last week.

Truckload carrier USA Truck said Thursday its third-quarter profit jumped to $2.4 million, or 23 cents a share, from $16,000, or zero cents, a year ago.

The $700 billion bailout plan (and this is just the beginning) is not for mortgages and homeowners; it’s for mortgage-backed securities. Hedge funds are the main holders.

People often ask me how it is that, as a farmer, I stumbled into trucking. I grew up involved in the day-to-day operations of my family’s Indiana farm, but in 1972, I decided it was time to devote my energies to agribusiness.

NEW ORLEANS — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the final stages of preparing its Driver Information Resource for use by trucking companies, an agency official said here.

YRC Worldwide said Tuesday it launched a Web site to make it easier for clients to access its North American divisions.