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The European Union Transport Commissioner is urging member nations to develop a new global satellite navigation and positioning system to compete with U.S. and Russian systems.

The House Transportation Committee is nearing its full size with the appointment of three new members.

Aero Industries acquired Tempco Trucking Tarp Systems of Phoenix, said Jim Tuerk, Aero’s president.

A Union Pacific executive told managers the company is aiming for big improvements in earnings for this year.

An ailing truck-making subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. will shut down an assembly plant in Japan and cut about 25 percent of its work force in a stepped-up restructuring drive, a major Japanese newspaper said Thursday.

TT File PhotoThe fate of James P. Hoffa (pictured, middle) is in the hands of an election appeals master. Kenneth Conboy heard appeals this week from challenger Tom Leedham and representatives of the TDU to block Hoffa’s election as Teamsters president.

A group of California law firms said it will sue diesel engine manufacturers on behalf of truckers for damages resulting from the deal to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.

There’s a new trucking lobbyist on the block, and his name is Joe Hart.

TT File PhotoThe South Carolina Department of Transportation is considering putting tolls on its Interstates to make up for $9.4 billion shortfall in highway maintenance funding.

An Oklahoma state senator wants to finance railroad growth by taxing truckers at the gas pump.