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The U.S. trade deficit expanded by 3.7% in December as imports climbed to the highest level in more than three years, the Commerce Department said Friday.

UPS Inc. said late Thursday that its board of directors has raised the company’s quarterly dividend to 57 cents a share, from 52 cents.

In the post-HOS environment, minutes matter. By reducing driver turnaround time, we can minimize the fallout from HOS-related capacity constraints.

This is shaping up as one of those “interesting years” for the trucking supply industry, with demand likely to at least match capacity in several key areas, including tractors, trailers and tires.

Truck-rail intermodal freight increased 4.9% in 2011 from the previous year, led by a strong gain in domestic shipments and putting last year’s volume in a virtual tie for the second-best annual volume ever, the Intermodal Association of North America reported.

American Trucking Associations installed a batch of 15 rooftop deck pavers at its Capitol Hill office last month, the latest of 46 pavers to be placed at the Washington, D.C., building, the group announced last week.

Household goods movers have more leeway in putting military service members’ goods into storage if the shipments arrive early, thanks to a federal rule change last month that the industry said will save money and increase available capacity in the moving industry.

Six months into his bid to turn around YRC Worldwide Inc., CEO James Welch does not mince words as he mixes positives like “a 180-degree turn” in once-flagging morale with reality, saying “2012 will be a rebuilding year.”

Federal regulators will not issue a final rule this year mandating electronic onboard recorders for nearly all interstate carriers, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration spokeswoman confirmed last week.