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The American Trucking Associations of today was forged in the fires of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

The average retail price of diesel fuel in the United States rose 1.6 cents per gallon to $1.445, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

American Trucking Associations will mark the 100th anniversary of trucking and the 70th anniversary of ATA with a special salute to families in trucking, a video and photo exhibition, and a display of historic trucks at the ATA Management Conference and Exhibition Oct. 19-22 in San Antonio.

Two major trucking suppliers and a leading carrier said they are seeing improvements in their segments of the industry, citing in separate reports increased freight volumes, remarketing opportunities for used trailers and a growing acceptance of the reliability of new diesel engines.

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The California Air Resources Board issued a rule Sept. 25 that will require owners of waste-hauling truck fleets to retrofit their vehicles’ engines with particulate-matter controls starting next year.

Motor carriers saw freight volumes decline 9.5% in August after rising for several months because of decreased manufacturing levels, low retail sales and the East Coast-Midwest blackout, said American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello.

In the latest of a series of recent announcements by companies that offer driver training through simulators, safety- and regulatory-training company J.J. Keller & Associates Inc. and insurance broker Synaxis Group Inc. said they were selling new simulator products.