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The U.S. trucking industry is continuing to adjust to the federal electronic logging device mandate that took effect late last year.

State officials are investigating a May 30 truck explosion at a UPS Inc. maintenance facility in Lexington, Ky., that injured two workers.

FedEx Office has started asking customers to show photo identification when mailing packages from one of its 1,900 stores.

Cybersecurity threats are growing in both number and sophis­tication, forcing transportation companies to take additional steps to prevent these attacks from crippling their information technology systems, compromising proprietary data or potentially even disrupting trucks’ electronic controls.

The need for truck drivers has spurred a number of carriers recently to raise compensation and entice qualified drivers to stick around.

A pair of recent events helped underscore the key role video is playing in fleet operations: Lytx, a video telematics provider, received a $700 million capital infusion from private equity firms; and Penske Logistics launched a video-based safety program in 2,800 of its heavy-duty trucks in its North America operations using equipment from SmartDrive Systems.