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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Intermodal Association of North America won federal approval to use the database it is creating for equipment providers to comply with new chassis rules that take effect on Dec. 17.

The Long Beach, Calif., attorney’s office has rejected an appeal by the Natural Resources Defense Council of a clean trucks lawsuit settlement between the Port of Long Beach and American Trucking Associations.

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region showed expansion in November, the Institute for Supply Chain Management-Chicago said Monday.

Why do we have Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards?

Why is it so hard to get Washington to pay attention to transportation and infrastructure issues, no matter which party rules the roost at the White House and Capitol Hill?

This year has been tough on trucking profits, but a broad spectrum of accounting experts said there are many tax opportunities available to cushion the blow.

WASHINGTON — Several lawmakers, Department of Transportation officials and experts have  expressed concern with elements of a vehicle miles traveled tax, which some advocates tout as a replacement for the fuel tax. They also cautioned that a transition to VMT could be a slow process.

Representatives of several high-tech firms said they already are marketing, or soon will offer, systems designed to prevent motorists from texting and talking on cell phones while driving their vehicles.

Navistar Inc., which said it has spent $600 million to develop its 2010 exhaust gas recirculation engine, said the company is losing sales of next year’s model because federal regulators “helped create the false impression” among customers that only urea-based after-treatment systems would meet 2010 federal emissions standards.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Whenever truckers think times are tough in their industry, they might want to consider ocean shipping, where the estimated losses this year could top $20 billion, shipping officials here said.