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PARIS — Volvo AB has broken off negotiations to acquire its Swedish rival, Scania.

A vote by the European Union to reduce aircraft noise by banning the use of some Boeing 727 aircraft has international air freight carriers and the U.S. Congress up in arms.

Top North American railroads are determined to break trucking’s stranglehold on Mexico’s international and domestic freight.

DHL Airways of Redwood City, Calif., is joining with the U.S. Postal Service to provide guaranteed two-day delivery service from 11 U.S. cities to western Europe.

USF Logistics said it has acquired Processors Unlimited Co., a company that handles product returns and other reverse logistics services to the grocery and drug industry.

A federal appeals court has upheld the federal motor carrier safety ratings system, rejecting trucking’s claims that the process is “arbitrary and capricious” and based on unsound methodology.

CNN talk show host Greta Van Susteren and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater will headline a two-day national transportation safety conference March 2 and 3.

A 40-ton truck that took an illegal ride on the Boardwalk may have caused up to $200,000 in damages, said city officials.

Volvo AB is preparing to make a bid of as much as $3.35 billion for the U.S. truck and bus manufacturer Navistar, a Swedish business newspaper reported Friday.

Rep. Frank Wolf(TT File Photo)Support for creation of a federal agency devoted solely to truck safety grew last week during a long-awaited congressional hearing on who in the Department of Transportation should oversee the industry. ATA and other industry groups endorsed establishing a federal trucking administration.