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Despite challenges accompanying the use of wide-base tires on Class 8 trucks, experts, carriers and manufacturers said they expect to see substantial growth in their use in 2013.

Lisa Jackson will step down soon as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after four years that included the development of the first greenhouse-gas standards for heavy-duty trucks.

Orders for new U.S. trailers tumbled 22.8% to 22,306 in November from the same month in 2011, when new orders hit a recent peak, but manufacturers said they remained very busy at the end of 2012.

Used-truck sales slumped in late 2012, but last week’s “fiscal cliff” agreement created hope that a catch-up effect could buoy sales, industry officials said.

The Transportation Research Board said the new federal transportation funding law and the effects of Superstorm Sandy will be among the topics discussed at its meeting later this month.

A federal appeals court in Washington will hear arguments in March urging it to overturn portions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s latest hours-of-service rule.

Dozens of truck drivers will undergo a rigorous two-day test this week in hopes of qualifying for America’s Road Team.

Trimble Navigation Ltd. last week said it has purchased navigation software provider ALK Technologies Inc., continuing its aggressive expansion in the trucking technology field.

The forecast for the year ahead for trucking looks a lot like what happened in the year just ended, with economic growth hampered by elevated levels of unemployment, weak spending by consumers and businesses, and ongoing uncertainty about federal spending and taxes.

U.S. retail diesel prices declined a combined 2.7 cents a gallon over the final two weeks of 2012, to reach $3.918, while the gasoline average rose 4.4 cents to $3.298 over the same span, the Department of Energy reported.