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Commercial trailer producers received 19,579 new orders in April, a 71% jump from the same month last year, and the manufacturers’ backlog rose above 100,000 for the first time in the current recovery, ACT Research Co. said.

The clean-truck programs that began at West Coast ports are moving to the East Coast, as evidenced by grant awards this month to drayage truckers in the mid-Atlantic region who want to buy newer models.

The Teamsters union on June 1 announced a tentative contract agreement with vehicle hauling companies that employ an estimated 8,100 drivers, just hours after the previous contract expired.

Less-than-truckload carrier Roadrunner Transportation Systems said May 31 it had bought refrigerated carrier Bruenger Trucking Co. in a deal that could be worth up to $13.6 million.

American Trucking Associations joined more than 30 groups in asking a congressional panel to repeal a tax provision that would require governments to withhold 3% of their contract payments to businesses.

WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations late last month moved its legislative affairs staff into its newly renovated and expanded office complex on Capitol Hill.

The average price of a gallon of retail diesel fuel in the United States declined 4.9 cents to $3.948, the fourth consecutive weekly drop, the Department of Energy reported.

A 3.5-mile stretch of westbound Interstate 86 in New York state could remain closed for most of the summer due to a slope failure, the New York State Department of Transportation said.

Factory orders fell 1.2% in April, the largest drop in almost a year, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Air and freight forwarder UTi Worldwide said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit fell to $8.7 million, or 8 cents per share, from $10.1 million, or 10 cents, a year ago.