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Operators of private fleets that distribute industrial gases are bracing for more change as consolidation continues to shake up the biggest players in the market.

Ted Scott, director of engineering for American Trucking Associations and a former director of government relations for less-than-truckload carriers Roadway Express and YRC Worldwide, died Jan. 10 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 71.

DBi Services announced its second acquisition in the past two months as the Hazleton, Pennsylvania-based company continues to build its position as a leading provider of roadway maintenance and infrastructure operations and facility management services.

American Trucking Associations last week selected 20 professional drivers to serve as industry ambassadors on America’s Road Team, a program started decades ago to help educate the public about life on the road and the role trucking plays in the safe delivery of critical goods.

WASHINGTON — Self-driving trucks may be years away from hitting the streets, but industry researchers already are asking how the technology will change the job and career paths for drivers of commercial trucks and buses.

A downturn in long-distance moves by individuals, corporations and the military in 2016 is putting pressure on household goods movers and could spur a new round of industry consolidation and retrenchment, executives and industry officials said.

It was a year of generally slow growth for freight carriers as well as shifting political winds as Americans elected business mogul and reality television personality Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States.

Uncertainty dominates the outlook for trucking and freight transportation in 2017.

In launching the Nikola One with a splashy Hollywood-type production in front of a live audience in Salt Lake City, Trevor Milton has let it be known that building a hydrogen-electric, zero emissions, over-the-road Class 8 truck is just part of his plan to revolutionize the trucking industry.

The skills needed to run a successful transportation company today are quite different from what was required in the past, and that has many firms turning to workplace training and education partnerships to find the right people to help them flourish in a fast-changing business environment.