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Tank truck carrier Quality Distribution said it has sold tank wash unit Quala Systems for $13 million.

A new study released by foes of plans to toll Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania found that tolls would increase the cost of doing business in the region and would likely result in an increase in highway crashes as vehicles divert away from the highway.

LAS VEGAS — The economy and government regulations top the list of the trucking industry’s concerns, according to the latest survey from the American Transportation Research Institute.

LAS VEGAS — American Trucking Associations was one of 37 groups to receive an Environmental Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency here on Oct. 6.

Officials with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they expect to reach their clean trucks goal of reducing port diesel emissions 80% by the end of 2010 — a year or more ahead of schedule.

Truckers in Ontario got a three-year exemption from the Canadian province’s broad new ban on using handheld devices for their use of citizens band or two-way radios.

Canada’s Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces have signed a memorandum of understanding to write uniform trucking regulations on everything from weight limits to driver training.

LAS VEGAS — As the push to outlaw driving distractions grows, American Trucking Associations endorsed a U.S. Senate effort to ban text messaging by motor vehicle operators.

LAS VEGAS — After more than a year of political and economic struggles, trucking leaders said they were doubling down in the hope that the industry would enter a period of strong recovery.