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Executives at three major truck stop chains said that they are installing diesel exhaust fluid pumps on fuel islands at all or most of their locations, which drop costs significantly for truckers, despite the current slow demand.

The National Labor Relations Board on April 20 certified the Teamsters union as the bargaining agent for port truckers who are employed by Toll Global Forwarding Holdings in Los Angeles.

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is continuing to develop new tools to weed out bad drivers and motor carriers, the nation’s top trucking regulator told a group of law enforcement officials and inspectors meeting here.

Manufacturing is making a comeback in North America, a trend that industry experts say is being driven by a re-examination of the cost of producing and shipping goods from Asia to customers in the United States and Europe — and new supply-chain realities.

New orders for trailers continued at a strong pace in March, despite dropping 30% from a year ago, ACT Research Co., Columbus, Ind., reported, adding that total orders for the first quarter were down just 1% from the strong performance in the first three months of 2011.

Truck tonnage grew in March, but by the smallest year-over-year rate since December 2009, rising at a moderate 2.7% pace that is likely to be followed by similar results in the months ahead, American Trucking Associations said last week.

Last week, the Federal Reserve, which has been keeping interest rates at rock bottom, agreed to continue holding short-term rates near zero for the next couple of years.

Carriers have many reasons for maintaining good scores on the new Compliance, Safety, Accountability program introduced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group’s first-quarter profit rose on higher demand at its oilfield services and trucking and logistics units.

Landstar System Thursday reported its first-quarter net income rose to $26.8 million, or 57 cents per share, from $20.6 million, or 43 cents, a year ago.