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Ontario has become the first province to authorize use of aerodynamic TrailerTail attachments after Canada’s transportation department amended the law, according to ATDynamics.

American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves accepted an #IceBucketChallenge Aug. 20, rallying about 16 ATA staffers to dump buckets of ice water over their heads to show support and awareness for ALS.

James Burnley IV, the former secretary of transportation who lobbies on behalf of trucking and logistics company Con-way Inc., joined the Eno Center for Transportation’s board of directors this month, according to the nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

Tire firm China Manufacturers Alliance said it has launched a new brand of commercial tires called Duraturn TBR.

The Department of Transportation announced this week it will award states grants to help them respond to crude oil railroad spills.

The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 2.8% in June from the same month last year, DOT said Aug. 13.

Business inventories rose 0.4% in June, and sales increased 0.3%, the Commerce Department reported Aug. 13.

A proposed reverse logistics rule would offer an exception from existing regulations for certain reverse logistics shipments by highway that will create “opportunities for reduced compliance costs among hazmat shippers and carriers, without any decrease in safety,” federal hazmat regulators said.

Import volume at U.S. container ports is expected to hit an all-time high in August as retailers rush to bring in holiday merchandise on concerns about West Coast longshoremen’s contract negotiations, according to the National Retail Federation.

President Barack Obama on Aug. 8 signed into law a $10.8 billion bill that keeps a federal highway account funded through May 2015.