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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has agreed to review a hazardous materials safety permit regulation that several trade organizations said is causing some safe carriers to unfairly lose their eligibility to haul hazmat.

Two rail unions settled with carriers on a tentative agreement in the days leading up to a possible Dec. 6 walkout, averting a strike and allowing shippers and fleets to utter a collective sigh of relief.

Class 8 truck orders in North America dropped 21.2% in November, the first year-over-year decline in 13 months, as the industry recovered from the bruising recession, according to ACT Research Co.

Fatalities in U.S. highway accidents involving large trucks increased 8.7% in 2010, the first increase in four years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said last week.

We were all disappointed to see the rise in fatalities in truck-related crashes on our nation’s roads during 2010, as reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. officials said the company will offer gasoline-powered versions of their Super Duty F-650 trucks in a bid to undercut the cost of competing diesel models offered by Ford and its competitors.

Wholesale inventories climbed 1.6% in October, the largest increase in five months, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

U.S. highway deaths fell to the lowest level in 2010 since 1949, but truck-related fatalities rose for the first time since 2005, the Department of Transportation said Thursday.

The judge overseeing the bankruptcy case of Trailer Bridge Inc. will set a deadline for creditors to file claims at a Dec. 14 hearing.

The Port of Savannah’s intermodal capacity will be enhanced by a $6.5 million project to add 1.2 miles of rail track at a container transfer terminal, the Georgia Ports Authority announced.