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Advances in technology are giving trucking companies increasingly sophisticated ways to combat distracted and drowsy driving — two of the biggest threats to fleet safety.

Carriers now are deploying a variety of onboard sensors that can tell them if a trailer is loaded or empty, when its doors open, the temperature of its cargo or if a pallet moves.

Fleets have ramped up their investments in trailer aerodynamics systems in recent years to improve fuel economy, and federal regulations are expected to drive further adoption, a new report found.

The Federal Railroad Administration proposed broad new requirements that railroads run trains with two-member crews, saying that the already controversial proposal is justified in light of recent accidents in Canada and the United States.

Despite the excellent results, FedEx Corp. management still had to answer questions about the e-commerce giant and the potential for it to encroach on the package shipper's territory as Amazon makes plans to build out its own delivery capabilities.

Daimler AG plans to adapt its flagship Mercedes-Benz Actros heavy-duty truck for China as part of a push to increase global sales by about 40% by the end of the decade, according to people familiar with the matter.

New York’s House and Senate are balking at Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to effectively cut toll rates on the New York Thruway in half for its most frequent users and hold them steady for four years for all other drivers.

Add juicy red grapes to the bounty of perishable Peruvian imports coming into Savannah’s Garden City Terminal, which boasts a refrigerated cargo infrastructure unmatched at any other East Coast port.