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For more than a decade, the trucking industry has called for an overhaul of the Department of Transportation’s safety fitness measurement and rating systems. Fortunately, DOT heard these calls and soon will implement its new system — Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010. CSA 2010’s measurement component will be rolled out in July 2010; the rating component will be implemented after a future rulemaking process is completed.

Navistar Inc. said that it has acquired certain assets of Continental Diesel Systems US.

Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. said Friday its third-quarter profit fell 59% due to sharply lower demand for its engines and other products.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s third-quarter profit more than doubled, though the company forecast an operating loss for its North American market this year.

Aljex Software, Middlesex, N.J., said it has joined forces with Capital Associates to offer factoring and accounts receivable services to users.

New York Gov. David Paterson (D) has proposed requiring truck drivers there to use only Global Positioning System devices that are equipped with truck route information to keep them off restricted roads.

Iteris Inc., which makes lane-departure warning systems for the trucking industry, said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit decreased from a year ago.

Ryder System said Thursday its third-quarter profit fell to $24 million, or 43 cents a share, from $70.2 million, or $1.24, a year earlier.

NIC Technologies LLC said Tuesday it has been awarded the contract to oversee the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s pre-employment screening system for truck and bus drivers.