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Truckers running in Connecticut who cause injury or damage because they failed to remove snow or ice from their vehicles could now be hit with large fines.

Three states — Michigan, New Jersey and Vermont — have suspended parts of the federal driver hours-of-service rule due to an ongoing propane shortage.

A South Carolina father and son and their trucking operations were shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as “imminent hazards to public safety,” the agency said Dec. 31.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will gather public opinion on setting up knowledge testing for new applicants seeking authority to operate as motor carriers, brokers and freight forwarders.

It many ways, 2013 was a good year for American Trucking Associations.

The Association of Independent Property Brokers and Agents has asked the federal government to exempt all brokers from the new requirement that they each obtain surety bonds of at least $75,000.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued guidelines to help states develop programs to require first-time drunken driving offenders use ignition interlocks that prevent them from operating vehicles after drinking.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) has introduced a bill that would suspend the latest changes to the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers.

The biggest change in transportation at the federal level this year came when Anthony Foxx took over as secretary of transportation in July.