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Evidence mounted that the Environmental Protection Agency knew long before it lowered the boom on diesel engine makers that their engines had pollution problems and that EPA’s own certification test was so poorly designed it failed to detect illegal emissions levels.

The Federal Highway Administration last week announced it is taking the first step toward a negotiated rulemaking to update hours of service regulations for truck drivers.

Record low fuel costs may sound like a boon for trucking, but some carrier executives say diesel prices have been met by demands from shippers for reduced freight charges..

Is another big-time merger among less-than-truckload carriers in the offing.

The Department of Transportation is responding to criticism from safety groups that the Federal Highway Administration is not adequately handling truck safety.

Captive rail shippers pleaded with the Surface Transportation Board last week to “restore and enhance” competition in the Houston and Gulf Coast areas by granting other railroads access to Union Pacific lines and allowing some customers to build links to other carriers.

Congress is expected to try again next year to update the nation’s postal laws, but any changes will likely be far from the privatization efforts that have taken hold in Europe.

The state-owned German post office, Deutsche Post AG, has launched a $1.1 billion bid to acquire Danzas, the Swiss-based international transport and logistics company. The Danzas board of directors met Dec. 10 and recommended that shareholders accept the offer, which will begin officially in mid-January.

Xtra Corp. ended merger discussions with Apollo Management and Interpool Inc. and said it intends to remain an independent public company.