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The U.S. Postal Service said it lost $3.1 billion in its fiscal third quarter ended in June, compared with a $3.5 billion loss a year ago.

Tim Bailey Jr. will be the third generation of Baileys representing West Virginia in the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships this week in Orlando, Fla.

States would have an easier time permitting trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds on interstate highways under a U.S. Senate bill introduced last month, its sponsor said.

Daimler Trucks North America has announced the availability of its TruckerNet commercial driver support application for BlackBerry devices.

Faced with the expiration in September of federal transportation taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, highway advocates say they are increasingly worried that the anti-tax, anti-government rancor that characterized the debt ceiling battle could endanger the nation’s transportation system.

Freight brokerage firm Echo Global Logistics is involved in an expansion strategy through acquisition, the CEO of the Chicago-based company said in an interview.

I’ve read many articles on the proposed increase in bonds. It is clear there is a need to “shake out” the bad guys, but who is going to do that? The bad guys will remain or learn a new scam, and the honest guys will continue to pay more in bond fees and freight rates.

A plan by federal regulators to issue a final electronic onboard recorder mandate in June 2012 potentially could be delayed because an advisory committee may not be able to resolve technical issues until the end of this year, the chairman of the group said.

Just when it seemed that the worst of the mayhem caused by Washington’s bizarre handling of the debt-limit crisis appears to have passed — as Congress broke for its summer recess — enter the latest peculiar chapter.