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Global economic and environmental challenges, upgrading transportation infrastructure and improving business performance are some of the major issues on the agenda at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ annual conference Sept. 20-23 in Chicago.

Teamsters at YRC Worldwide Inc.’s New Penn regional trucking subsidiary approved a 5% wage cut and pension givebacks in a second vote on those concessions to help the parent company cope with mounting losses and dwindling freight volumes.

Less than a week after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed more than doubling registration fees for motor carriers and brokers, American Trucking Associations and several other groups urged the agency to extend its short 15-day comment period.

While sales of new Class 8 trucks continue to languish, several used truck dealers said they have noted recent “sporadic” increases in business that they believe could signal a market bottom. However, they added that financing problems were restricting sales.

The National Transportation Safety Board has instituted a policy banning texting and talking on cell phones by its employees while they are working, the Associated Press reported.

The U.S. economy showed signs of stabilization in late July and August, though trucking and transportation industry reports were mixed, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

The Department of Transportation has released a new software application that it said will help the transportation industry to deliver products more efficiently.

Ken Eggen at Tango Transport in Shreveport, La., knows that one size doesn’t fit all.

That is why he has separate preventative maintenance checklists for each of the three engine models his fleet runs. He goes a step further and sits down with his shop managers quarterly to pick through those checklists and make adjustments.