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Truck makers and dealers sold 9,236 Class 8 vehicles in the United States during January, a jump of 25% over January 2010’s pace, but about 2,500 below December’s strong results, WardsAuto.com reported.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Transportation Department’s new proposed hours-of-service rule is too complex, rigid, and would reduce the productivity of motor carriers, while making highways no safer, trucking industry and trade association executives and truck drivers told federal regulators last week.

American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles have completed filing written legal arguments over the port’s attempted ban on independent owner-operators.

TravelCenters of America said Friday its fourth-quarter loss declined from a year ago.

Two logistics companies expanded through acquisitions, with a Philadelphia freight forwarder buying parts of two California firms and a Detroit-area company buying a Spanish firm.

England Logistics said Tuesday it bought software maker TMS Technologies for an undisclosed sum.

I don’t understand how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program got going without all the pitfalls being known ahead of time.

OK, now we’ve said it again: Leave the current hours-of-service rule alone because it has proven its value for promoting safety while allowing the freight transportation industry to continue moving the nation’s freight.

An index of leading economic indicators rose in January for the seventh straight monthly increase, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.