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Military truck manufacturer Stewart & Stevenson Services agreed Monday to be purchased by Armor Holdings for $35 a share, Bloomberg reported.

New home sales fell 5% in January to the lowest level in a year, the Commerce Department reported Monday.

American Trucking Associations said Monday it has urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prevent the California Air Resources Board from implementing performance standards for engines used to cool refrigerated tractor-trailers.

The Bush administration will conduct a second review of potential security risks in a deal it previously approved for a United Arab Emirates company to take over significant operations at six major U.S. ports, the Associated Press reported Monday.

MIAMI — Continued economic expansion and static cargo-hauling capacity will keep freight rates high this year, carriers told participants in a recent conference here.

Engine maker Detroit Diesel Corp. and truck maker Freightliner LLC said Monday that their joint tests of new truck engines are on track to meet looming 2007 federal emissions standards.

Retail gasoline prices across the country fell by an average of 6 cents in the past two weeks, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of gasoline stations released Sunday.

Pickup and delivery, the grunt work of trucking, but also arguably the most important element of freight service, is undergoing a technological makeover.

Five groups, including Public Citizen and the Teamsters union, filed suit in federal court Monday against federal truck driver hours-of-service rules, challenging the rules on safety grounds.

American Trucking Associations’ for-hire truck tonnage index rose 0.6% in January, the group said Monday.