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The National Transportation Safety Board wants trucking companies to gather 10 years of driving records for newly hired drivers — an increase from the current three years that the board said does not allow carriers to make informed hiring decisions.

The New York State Thruway Authority may raise truck tolls 45% to help refinance its debt and pay for a $1.5 billion highway improvement program.

Those in our industry can make whatever excuses they want for not using EOBRs. The bottom line is they haven’t wrapped their minds around how to make money legally. I mean, they might as well be bootlegging whiskey. It’s the same damn thing.

Canadian bulk trucking company Trimac Transportation said it will acquire Ontario-based specialized bulk carrier Liquid Cargo Lines.

The U.S. economy rose at a 1.9% annual rate in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday, lowering its previous 2.2% figure.

Consumer confidence fell to a four-month low in May, the New York-based Conference Board said.

CRST International Inc. has announced the appointment of Andrew Hadland as president of Specialized Transportation Inc., one of CRST’s operating companies.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Low participation by Mexican carriers in the cross-border trucking program could lead to the resumption of Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods, an official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said.

Trucking managers in information technology and finance will meet jointly in Tampa, Fla., next month to explore opportunities for efficiency improvement through IT and strategies for handling significant tax changes expected at the end of 2012.