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I cannot agree more with the arguments in support of “larger” trucks. However, when applied in support of “heavier” trucks, they fall short — particularly when compared with the effects on outdated, deteriorating highways and bridges.

Trucking added 2,600 jobs in December, helping to reduce the nation’s unemployment rate from 9.8% to 9.4%, the lowest since July 2009, the U.S. Labor Department said in its latest report.

American Trucking Associations last week announced the selection of 18 truck drivers to be captains of the 2011-2012 America’s Road Team.

Truck manufacturers and their dealers sold 11,742 Class 8 trucks in the United States during December, the highest monthly total since December 2008, Wardsauto.com reported.

Spot shortages of intermodal chassis are surfacing and uncertainty is building about the future chassis supply as truckers take more responsibility for the equipment that traditionally came from ocean carriers, industry officials said.

American Trucking Associations began its pushback against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed hours-of-service rule last week by questioning the agency’s analysis and asking Congress to lobby on the industry’s behalf. 

North American rail freight volumes, led by intermodal, climbed out of the recession at a brisk pace in 2010, posting an  11% year-over-year growth rate that was the fastest pace in at least 50 years.

The Mexican government, after the U.S. announced it would moving forward with talks to reopen its southern border to truck traffic,  said last week it was suspending the practice of rotating goods subject to punitive tariffs.

The global low-cost truck market will make less-expensive vehicles available in North America, which has seen prices rising steadily for more than a decade, said a new report from consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.

David Barefoot, American Trucking Associations senior vice president and chief operating officer, has retired after 12 years of service to the federation.