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A New Mexico jury has awarded the family of a person killed in a 2010 truck-involved accident $58.5 million in damages, believed to be the largest truck accident verdict ever.

Freight brokers and third-party logistics companies are making inroads in the less-than-truckload market, a trend that reflects the desire by those firms to expand and diversify beyond traditional truckload markets, according to industry analysts.

As publicly traded carriers begin reporting first-quarter results later this week, executives from privately owned fleets told Transport Topics that the first three months of 2013 were choppy, with freight growth hampered by winter weather and uncertainty over federal economic policies.

Auto haulers, who have struggled during five years of depressed sales of cars and light trucks, are finally enjoying some good times.

New orders for Class 8 trucks climbed 10.4% in March from a year ago and surpassed 20,000 for a sixth straight month, according to ACT Research.

A key Senate committee plans to hold three hearings on natural gas next month, including its use as a transportation fuel.

Vitran Corp. said Thursday that Rick Gaetz has resigned as the company’s president and CEO, effective immediately, and that its board has appointed Bill Deluce interim president and CEO.

The White House has started to review a proposed regulation that would create a national database of every commercial driver who has failed a required drug or alcohol test or refused to take one — the final review before the proposal can be issued.

Initial jobless claims rose by 28,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.