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WASHINGTON — Replacing the current hours-of-service rule with one that cuts driving hours would put more inexperienced truck drivers on the road and pass increased transportation costs onto consumers, four executives who run trucks told a House subcommittee.

Cummins Inc., manufacturer of heavy-duty truck engines, said it is adding 600 white-collar workers at its Columbus, Ind., headquarters, joining the wave of truck-industry

WASHINGTON — There are signs the U.S. economy is stalling and could undermine a tenuous recovery for freight haulers, according to the author of a report on logistics costs by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.

Teamsters union members who deliver new vehicles will vote during July on the 51-month tentative agreement reached earlier this month by union leaders and carrier negotiators, the labor group announced.

Finance and information technology trucking executives are set to meet this week in Phoenix, as American Trucking Associations embarks on a campaign to reinvigorate some of its councils that had to retrench during the recession.

The recent rise in diesel prices has given trucking companies a greater incentive to search for ways to cut fuel costs, according to carrier and tire manufacturer executives.

Canada Post, the federal postal operator, locked out more than 48,000 workers last week after 12 days of partial strikes, prompting the labor minister to announce plans to end the service disruption through legislation.

Reversing five weeks of decline, the average price of a gallon of diesel rose 1.4 cents a gallon last week to $3.954, the Department of Energy reported.

Rob Abbott, American Trucking Associations’ vice president of safety policy, has been named to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s motor carrier safety advisory committee, FMCSA said Friday.