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Flush with a $9 billion stockpile after abandoning their $6.8 billion acquisition of TNT NV last week, UPS Inc. officials said they are evaluating other acquisitions consistent with their long-term growth strategy.

U.S. Class 8 truck sales declined for a fourth straight month in December from the previous year, but 2012 still finished as the strongest year since 2006, WardsAuto.com reported.

The number of trucks idled because of truck fleet bankruptcies rose 28% in the fourth quarter, driven by weakening used-truck prices, lower freight demand and higher costs, according to a new report.

WASHINGTON — One-third of the 635 truck occupants who died in accidents during 2011 were not wearing a seat belt, according to a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration analysis released last week.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal filed by American Trucking Associations in its 4-year-old bid to block the Port of Los Angeles from imposing several pollution-control requirements on truckers that ATA said are unrelated to improving air quality.

The Department of Transportation has updated its national transportation statistics web-only reference guide to national transportation data.

Truck component maker Meritor Wabco said it has been selected the exclusive supplier of standard-position, steer-axle service brake chambers for Daimler Trucks North America.

Two trucking industry component suppliers disclosed their preliminary 2012 results this week.

Consumer confidence fell in January, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Michelin North America announced a C$73 million expansion to its truck tire plant in Waterville, Nova Scotia.