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Brenntag North America, a distributor of diesel exhaust fluid, said it opened a bulk rail transfer terminal in Leduc, Alberta, its fourth in Canada.

Smith Electric Vehicles Corp., a manufacturer of all-electric commercial vehicles, said it has signed a letter of intent with Wanxiang Group, a maker and supplier of automotive parts, to develop electric commercial vehicles for multiple industries in China.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hear public comments at the Mid-America Trucking Show next month about the potential that drivers using electronic onboard recorders could be harassed by the carriers they drive for.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has taken careful steps to ensure its cross-border program allowing Mexican trucks complies with federal law and that the trucks and drivers in the program are safe, the agency said in court filings last week.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) has sent the legislature his proposal for imposing the state’s 6% sales tax on all motor fuel purchases — a plan that based on today’s prices could add nearly $40 in taxes every time a trucker fills up.

Class 8 tractors have long been the standard for U.S. for-hire carriers, yet for certain service lines, even the most venerable of heavy-duty fleets are now buying Class 6 and 7 trucks and sometimes even smaller cargo vans.

Sometimes, half a loaf just isn’t enough. And that’s especially true when that half a loaf actually consists of something bad that the other guy didn’t do to you after he had threatened to do so.

Five companies in various trucking sectors recently announced diverse steps to increase driver compensation, as carriers tackle the growing need to keep and attract drivers in a strengthening freight environment.

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) last week postponed debate and a vote on the six-year, $260 billion transportation reauthorization after several representatives objected to some of the bill’s provisions.