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The Opinion column by John Hausladen, “Be Ready to Explain Your SAFER Scores,” is an excellent reminder to fleets about how important the Safety and Fitness Electronic Record System score is — and, how it can be misinterpreted by those uninformed about the industry.

Forward Air Corp. said Tuesday it closed a deal, first announced last week, to buy transportation firm Pinch Holdings and a related company, AFTCO Enterprises, for an undisclosed sum.

American Trucking Associations is projecting a record high diesel fuel bill for the trucking industry this year, at $135 billion.

Truckload carrier Schneider National said Monday it has added fuel-hauling capabilities to its bulk hauling division.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative said Friday today announced that it expects to award about $5 million in grants for diesel-emission reduction projects in five Midwestern states.

WASHINGTON — Global truck producer Volvo AB recently demonstrated trucks that can run on one of seven different alternative fuels, but company officials said they could not forecast when an over-the-road model of any of these seven trucks might be available.

The U.S. average retail diesel price broke its record high for the third straight week, surging to $3.819 a gallon and topping $4 a gallon in some places, pushed by soaring crude oil prices that also set all-time highs and closed above $110 a barrel for the first time in history.

Less-than-truckload carrier Con-way Freight announced last week that it will set speed governors on its trucks at a maximum of 62 mph, down from 65 mph — a move the company said will cut its diesel consumption by about 3.2 million gallons a year.

The Environmental Protection Agency reduced its primary eight-hour ozone standard to 0.075 parts per million from 0.084 ppm to comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.