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The twin 33-foot trailer, the first potential nationwide truck-size change in nearly three decades, could generate attractive cost reductions for fleets and broad public benefits in reduced truck traffic, industry experts said.

WASHINGTON — Senate appropriators on June 25 voted to include a provision that would allow the use of twin 33-foot trailers nationwide in a fiscal 2016 transportation funding bill.

Cargomatic, which makes an app for trucking that matches cargo loads to available trucks — in a similar way to the Uber app that matches riders with drivers — has hired Sean Whiteley to be its new chief operating officer.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. told the federal government that 79 truck-trailer tires it made in March and April were mislabeled with respect to the number of steel-cord plies.

The National Transportation Safety Board on June 8 issued a recommendation that collision avoidance systems be standard equipment on all new cars and commercial trucks.

Michigan-based carrier Larsen Trucking Inc. recently reached a settlement with trailer maker Wabash National Corp. and one of its dealers in a legal dispute over 40 custom-ordered trailers that the trucking firm said exceeded legal height limits.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on June 3 released its long-awaited final rule on stability control, saying it will affect Classes 7-8 trucks in two years.