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When winter storms dump snow and ice on the highway, truckers welcome the sight of snowplows and salt-spreaders, also known as gritters, clearing a path. But while the inclement weather tag team performs an invaluable service for highway users, it also often exacts a subtle but nasty toll on the truck in the process.

In conjunction with DHL Worldwide Express, the U.S. Postal Service is now offering merchandise delivery to 213 nations through its new Global Express Guaranteed Service.

The future of truck driving simulation has arrived, landing at the Carnegie Mellon Driver Training and Safety Institute facility in Lemont Furnace, Pa.

How does a person who has never operated a big rig handle an 18-wheeler?

Shorter hauls and different freight — two of the dynamics that differentiate the medium- from heavy-duty truck operations — are also key reasons the medium-duty vehicles — Classes 5-7 — have not had the severe drop in sales the heavy truck manufacturers have seen this year.

Truckers continued to disrupt traffic with fuel protests in several nations last week, while the European Union and the International Energy Agency continued to search for ways to deal with high fuel costs.

Although the government announcement of its plan to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has dropped oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange and elsewhere from 10-year highs, concern about distillate supplies in the coming winter persists.

Oil executive David Trice walked into the conference room at the Millennium Hotel off New York’s Times Square earlier this month, looked out at investors waiting to grill him about his company’s prospects, and grinned.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may consider collapsing the categories of driving operations, but it seems unlikely to abandon a plan to require on-board recorders to track driving hours.