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The price of goods imported to the United States rose 0.2% in May, led by increases in autos and clothing, the Labor Department said Friday.

Now that the comment period on the latest twist in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s long, drawn-out trek to a permanent hours-of-service rule has expired, it’s time for the agency to reaffirm its support for the very successful regulation that already exists.

Third-party logistics firms PenserSC and ICS Logistics said they have agreed to a trucking and transportation services contract.

Truck engine maker Cummins said Friday it plans to add 600 white-collar workers in a new office building at its headquarters city of Columbus, Ind.

A new bill introduced in the Michigan legislature would allow the state and Canada to build a long-awaited bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, a project vigorously supported by truckers, automakers and labor unions in the Great Lakes region.

DUMFRIES, Va. — Commercial vehicle safety inspectors conducted their annual Roadcheck event last week, a 72-hour period of concentrated inspections on highways in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Motivated by concerns over driver safety, American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association united in asking the federal government to research the idea of national standards to improve a driver’s chances of surviving an accident in a Class 7 or 8 truck cab.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ended its practice of granting 10-day extensions to trucking companies that file appeals when they receive orders to cease operations following an unsatisfactory safety rating, an agency spokeswoman said.

Navistar International Corp. last week reported net income for its fiscal second quarter jumped 72% and predicted sharp increases in production, sales and profits during the second half of the year.