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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Low participation by Mexican carriers in the cross-border trucking program could lead to the resumption of Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods, an official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said.

Over the next five years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to significantly reduce truck-related crash fatality rates by developing new credentialing and driver safety fitness standards, expanding its regulatory reach to include shippers and other industry players and creating new programs aimed at weeding out high-risk motor carriers.

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Several dozen truck drivers, motor carriers and law enforcement officers gave federal regulators a candid array of opinions on whether a planned electronic logging device mandate would be properly used as a safety device and fleet productivity tool.

Truck stop electrification vendor Shorepower Technologies said its plug-in power service is now available at three new locations in Nebraska and Iowa.

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Swift Transportation Inc. opposes the trucking industry’s lobbying efforts toward allowing heavier trucks on interstate highways in the United States, the company’s CEO told a gathering of Canadian trucking executives.

For 18 years, regulators have been wrestling with a congressional mandate to issue a rule prohibiting trucks from proceeding into railroad crossings unless there is adequate space on the other side to avoid getting trapped on the tracks.

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Growth in North American sales will lead the global truck-making industry this year, as U.S. fleets are prospering along with their shipper customers in the manufacturing sector, economists said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Permanent repair kits for defective ATR-6 traction-relay brake valves are moving to truck makers, executives of Bendix Commercial Vehicle System said.