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Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. will use incremental improvements to its current selective catalytic reduction engines to meet new federal standards for limiting greenhouse gas emissions between now and 2017, a senior company engineer said.

Bidding to broaden its market reach, less-than-truckload hauler Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire Prime Logistics Corp., a food logistics firm that operates as Prime Distribution Services Inc., for about $97.5 million.

Tolls for trucks entering New York City from New Jersey will more than double over the next five years, a larger increase than originally proposed.

The national average price of retail diesel declined for the fourth consecutive week, dipping 2.5 cents a gallon to $3.81, the Department of Energy reported.

Equipment-leasing and fleet-management firms said they are seeing a rise in demand for truck rentals as customers seek to replace aging vehicles and test new technology in response to improving business conditions.

American Trucking Associations’ tonnage index climbed 3.9% in July, the 20th consecutive year-over-year increase, despite growing uncertainty about the strength of the U.S. economic recovery and freight demand in the months ahead.

The housing market crash apparently has had at least one silver lining for trucking: It has brought more lenders into the truck financing market.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Thursday announced more than $8 million in federal grants aimed at improving commercial truck and bus safety in Pennsylvania.

Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will support a temporary extension of the nation’s transportation spending plan when Congress returns to Washington next month, an aide said.