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The National Transportation Safety Board wants trucking companies to gather 10 years of driving records for newly hired drivers — an increase from the current three years that the board said does not allow carriers to make informed hiring decisions.

U.S. workers’ first-quarter productivity fell more than originally estimated, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Echo Global Logistics said it acquired Plum Logistics LLC, a refrigerated truckload carrier and transportation brokerage company based in Wakefield, Mass. Terms were not disclosed.

The New York State Thruway Authority may raise truck tolls 45% to help refinance its debt and pay for a $1.5 billion highway improvement program.

Truck drivers hauling water and sand to U.S. oil and natural gas shale wells cannot extend their daily driving hours by using an exemption targeted for special oilfield service equipment, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing the Department of Transportation.

An index of the U.S. economy’s service sector improved in May, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it has acquired Massachusetts-based refrigerated truckload carrier CTW Transport for about $7.5 million.

Kentucky’s gas tax is increasing next month by 2.4 cent to 32.3 cents a gallon due to an automatic tax increase, the Associated Press reported.

FedEx Corp. said it has retired 24 jets to reduce capacity in its U.S. Express division, and will take an $84 million, or 26 cents–per-share, charge in its fiscal fourth quarter that ended May 31.