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Umbian Inc. announced it has developed technology that enables trucking companies to monitor the use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure devices used to treat sleep apnea.

Wholesale inventories rose 0.4% in August, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The unemployment rate held at 9.1% in September, while the economy added 103,000 jobs, including 2,600 trucking jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.

I read with dismay the comments made by [an official of] American Trucking Associations about the proposed hours-of-service changes in your Sept. 12 issue.

There was a day when the word “green” was used mostly to describe a paint color, money or grass. Today, it has new meanings relating to the quality of the environment, our fleets’ effect upon it and the challenges fleet managers face to meet local, state and federal regulations that target everything from pollution control to managing hazardous waste.

When the leadership of the nation’s trucking industry gathers in Grapevine, Texas, later this month for American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition, the country’s infrastructure will be the top item on what is sure to be a busy agenda.

The less-than-truckload industry is undergoing a changing of the management guard with the recent appointments of new presidents at two of the nation’s largest carriers, ABF Freight System and Con-way Freight.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a class action suit against New Prime Inc., charging that the driver training policy the truckload carrier created to protect itself from sexual harassment suits actually delayed or denied women employment opportunities.

Many tank truck and flatbed carriers are enjoying strong growth by tapping into the booming oil and natural-gas exploration business, industry experts said.

PHILADELPHIA — The combination of rising truck equipment costs, the driver shortage and increased government regulation is forcing shippers to confront a new reality: Capacity is no longer “infinite,” and new ways to improve efficiency must be found, several industry experts said last week at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals annual conference.