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Truck and engine manufacturer Navistar Inc. said Thursday it has received its first Environmental Protection Agency certification for one of its 2010 engines and expects certification for the rest in the coming “days and weeks.”

Schneider National said it has fitted about one-quarter of its 12,000 tractors with new onboard computers in a fleetwide rip-and-replace that, for the first time, will bring graphical navigation and electronic driver logs to every truck.

While the air at the Port of Los Angeles is cleaner, the owners of than two-thirds of the 2,200 drayage trucks purchased with $20,000 in port emissions reduction incentive grants face financial penalties because their trucks will not make the required minimum 300 gate moves during their first year of operation, port officials said.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance has reiterated its support for an electronic on-board recorder mandate in response to a discussion paper prepared by the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators.

American Trucking Associations said Monday it is seeking nominations for professional truck drivers to serve on the 2011-2012 America’s Road Team.

Canada has delayed its plan to require carriers with incoming shipments to submit manifest information electronically to the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian Trucking Alliance said.

A proposed federal rule that triples to $3,000 the annual registration fee for large hazardous materials motor carriers but maintains a fee of $300 for small carriers places an unfair burden on large carriers, American Trucking Associations and National Tank Truck Carriers said in written comments opposing the new rule.