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American Trucking Associations has replaced J.J. Keller & Associates as the provider of Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards products.

Fleet reports of highway tractors bursting into flames, on the road or while parked, raise questions of whether a trend is showing itself and leave only hints as to common causes.

P.A.M. Transportation Services Monday named Daniel Cushman its new president, replacing long-time president Robert Weaver.

The Department of Transportation has approved a $386 million loan to finance construction on the Triangle Expressway in North Carolina.

American Trucking Associations has opened the nomination process for its Mike Russell “Good stuff” Trucking Image Award, an award that honors people who contribute to positive awareness of the trucking industry.

Navman Wireless has added truck-specific routing to the M-Nav 750, the latest incarnation of the Glenview, Ill., company’s handheld GPS unit for fleet users.

YRC Worldwide said it has reached a new cost-cutting agreement with the Teamsters union and hired a financial adviser to work with key lenders as part of a broad effort to boost the carrier’s cash position.

Truck and engine manufacturer Navistar Inc. has accused the Environmental Protection Agency of attempting to remove documents from official records and allowing the Engine Manufacturers Association to write the draft of its selective catalytic reduction guidance document for 2010 “in secret collaboration with certain engine makers.”

The European Union last week imposed tariffs on biodiesel imported from the United States to counter low prices it said were caused by subsidies, but a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative denied subsidies were the main reason for the growth of U.S. sales in Europe and that the United States would review the tariffs “closely.”

WASHINGTON — Debbie Hersman, President Obama’s choice to lead the National Transportation Safety Board, told a Senate committee that other transportation agencies should voluntarily adopt the board’s recommendations, and if they don’t, Congress should order them to.