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Crude oil futures hit another record Monday, closing at $80.57 a barrel, and the overnight trading price into Tuesday topped $81 for the first time as prices continued to climb, Bloomberg reported.

Prices paid to U.S. producers fell in August, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

Transportation technology provider TMW Systems said Monday it acquired Integrated Support Decision Corporation, for an undisclosed sum.

Transportation software firm PeopleNet, in partnership with Microdea Inc., said Monday the two have introduced in-cab scanning for the trucking industry.

The first U.S. truck to drive deep into Mexico rolled into that country on Friday, and a Mexican trucking group said it had concerns about the cross-border program, the Associated Press reported.

Canadian transportation and logistics firm TransForce Income Fund said it had signed a definitive agreement to buy Century II Holdings, which owns courier company Information Communication Services.

Manufacturing growth in New York state declined in September, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday.

Recent legal moves by American Trucking Associations will temporarily keep existing driver hours-of-service rules in place, trucking officials said.

Tire wear and tear is inevitable, but carriers can minimize its effects by choosing high-quality materials and being rigorous about maintenance and checking correct air pressures, several fleet maintenance chiefs and tire manufacturers say.

The Senate last week stripped funding for the Transportation Department’s cross-border trucking program from DOT’s budget just days after the first Mexican truck was allowed to deliver freight to a destination in the United States.