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Where is trailer No. 49343? How long has it been there? Is it loaded or empty? When was the door last opened? If it’s a refrigerated trailer, what’s the current temperature inside? Is the reefer unit about to run out of fuel?

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Friday it has eliminated what it said is a redundant requirement that truck and bus drivers report out-of-state traffic convictions to the states where they are licensed.

Echo Global Logistics said its first-quarter profit fell from a year ago, but its revenue improved.

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia Inc. said Friday its first-quarter profit increased on improved operational efficiencies.

Why is this so hard? Raising federal fuel taxes is the quickest, easiest and most efficient solution available to the U.S. government to pay for the nation’s critical infrastructure needs.

I am enclosing a copy of the letter I recently sent to the several congressman about the federal hours-of-service rule.

Our industry must adjust to major changes in government regulations. We know that changes are coming, but it’s still not clear precisely when they will go into effect, nor do we know exactly what the changes will be.

March trailer orders fell 12.2% from a year ago due to sluggish U.S. economic growth, ACT Research reported, but trailer makers reported continuing healthy order backlogs.

Insurance underwriters are just starting to wrestle with how to price policies for natural gas-powered trucks, as there is not yet enough operational history available to create the actuarial tables on which the industry typically depends, according to interviews with brokers.