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YRC Worldwide reconfirmed Monday that its second quarter adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization would be positive, within a range of $35 million to $45 million, as second-quarter tonnage improved.

The Environmental Protection Agency has released the proposed 2011 percentage standards for its Renewable Fuel Standard.

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board would like to see regulators and the trucking industry do more to address fatigue and adopt more safety technology to reduce highway crashes, Chairwoman Deborah A.P. Hersman told Transport Topics during a June 25 interview.

Implementation of new intermodal chassis safety rules got off to a rocky start on June 30 because of electronic filing failures, but industry officials said they hope an agreement between two trade groups will make the process easier for truckers and other industry participants.

Gasoline’s national average price fell 3.9 cents in the past two weeks to $2.73 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

While Wall Street and economists are fretting about the staying power of the economic recovery, good news is expected to begin arriving this week in the form of sharply higher second-quarter earnings for publicly traded trucking firms.

As the recession appears to be waning and freight shipments increase, trucking-related firms such as the Allen Lund Cos. say they are seeing a shift in the loads-procurement marketplace, while others — including Con-way’s brokerage unit — are turning to new technological formats to find cargo in need of transportation.

Delaware has become the 30th state to ban drivers from texting or holding cell phones while driving, the Detroit News reported.

While Wall Street continues to express its doubts about the strength of the U.S. economic recovery that is under way, most trucking companies say that business is continuing to improve.