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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget on Aug. 4 a final rule that could allow Navistar International Corp. to continue selling engines that do not meet 2010 emission standards.

Less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide Inc. pared its quarterly net loss by 46.5% from a year earlier and turned a profit on operations — before interest payments — for the first time since 2008.

The National Tank Truck Carriers announced that vice president Daniel Furth has become president, succeeding John Conley, who will retire at the end of 2013.

With much of the United States still suffering “with the impacts of one of the worst droughts in decades,” the White House announced last week an easing of trucking regulations in an effort to aid farmers and livestock ranchers.

New Class 8 truck orders plunged 31.1% in July from the year-ago level to 12,900, the lowest monthly total since August 2010, according to preliminary data from ACT Research Co.

BOCA RATON, Fla. — The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program a “success” because fatalities in truck- and bus-related crashes fell nearly 5% in 2011.

Managers of the nation’s largest shipper-owned truck fleets are taking steps to counter the rising cost of fuel and equipment by more closely monitoring drivers and using new data collection techniques to make better routing decisions and improve compliance with safety and environmental regulations.

U.S. retail diesel prices rose 5.4 cents last week to $3.85 a gallon, while gasoline soared 13.7 cents, the Department of Energy reported, after a pipeline leak in Wisconsin raised fears of a crude oil shortage.

The U.S. Postal Service reported a $5.2 billion loss in its third fiscal quarter, compared to a $3.1 billion loss in the same quarter last year.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comment on the latest Mexican carrier seeking to participate in the cross-border trucking program.