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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed notice that it will challenge a new federal rule requiring fleets with poor hours-of-service records to use electronic onboard recorders to monitor drivers.

Treat drivers with respect” is advice many self-proclaimed retention experts offer as the sole solution to high driver turnover. That’s like advising carriers not to lower their rates during a recession: It’s just not that easy.

The price of goods imported to the United States fell 0.6% in May as oil prices declined, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

Manufacturing activity in the New York region improved this month, showing positive activity for the 11th straight month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.

Large trucks will pay about $1.50 a mile to travel peak hours on the first segment of Maryland’s Intercounty Connector, scheduled to open by early next year.

Air pollution at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., declined in 2009 for the third consecutive year, and diesel particulate matter has fallen more than 50% since 2005, in part because of the port’s clean truck program, port officials said

A pair of Senators introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at curbing the fraud by unscrupulous freight brokers.

A coalition of truck stops, restaurant franchises and other businesses have expressed opposition to Arizona’s proposal to stem budgetary shortfalls by commercializing the state’s interstate rest areas.