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Volvo AB said Friday its North American truck deliveries fell 8% in October from a year ago, though year-to-date sales are 23% over the same period last year.

Industrial production decreased by 0.4% in October, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

I just heard about the impending pilot shortage and the new regulatory requirement for 1,500 hours to qualify — five times the existing requirement.

The sold-out Natural Gas in Trucking Summit attests to the phenomenal growth of interest in compressed natural gas and liquefied natural-gas equipment from both sides of the loading dock (10-29, p. 6; 11-5, p. 4). Trucking company executives and shippers alike are aggressively analyzing what they see as the two major benefits of natural-gas equipment: lower fuel costs and reduced carbon emissions.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has taken a good step in its drive to control “reincarnated carriers,” troubled companies that essentially seek to shed their safety and compliance woes by repainting the company name on their vehicles.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Industry service awards were presented to American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves and retired J.B. Hunt Intermodal President Paul Bergant last week during the National Industrial Transportation League’s TransComp and the Intermodal Association of North America’s Expo.

The New York State Thruway’s board of directors last week canceled the second of two meetings within four days at which the board was to address a proposed 45% increase in toll rates for trucks.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said it will purchase two liquefied natural gas plants from General Electric Co. as part of a new partnership between the two companies to develop LNG fueling infrastructure for the trucking industry, the firms announced last week.

WASHINGTON — Navistar International Corp. installed its first Cummins ISX15 engine in a ProStar Plus tractor on Nov. 15, with Chairman and CEO Lewis Campbell attending at the company’s Escobedo, Mexico, factory.