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American Trucking Associations urged the Department of Transportation to start conducting a rulemaking to mandate electronic logging devices, in a letter sent to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Wednesday.

The price of goods imported to the United States fell in July for a fourth consecutive month, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Motor carriers and shippers cited for hazardous materials violations face far greater penalties following the passage of the new federal highway reauthorization law.

This weekend, hundreds of competitors rose from relative obscurity to grab a share of glory in front of enthusiastic, if at times partisan, fans.

The swimmers, sprinters, gymnasts, weightlifters and fancy horse riders have finished their two weeks in the sun, bathed in the world’s adoration as they competed against the best of their respective sports for that elusive gold medal.

MINNEAPOLIS — ABF Freight System truck driver Ralph Garcia had to make a choice between being at the hospital for the birth of his first grandson or competing here in the 2012 National Truck Driving Championships.

YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — The head of sales and marketing for Daimler Trucks North America said 2012 is likely to end up as a “disappointing year” in general but that sales would exceed 2011’s total.

Less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide Inc. pared its quarterly net loss by 46.5% from a year earlier and turned a profit on operations — before interest payments — for the first time since 2008.

The National Tank Truck Carriers announced that vice president Daniel Furth has become president, succeeding John Conley, who will retire at the end of 2013.

With much of the United States still suffering “with the impacts of one of the worst droughts in decades,” the White House announced last week an easing of trucking regulations in an effort to aid farmers and livestock ranchers.