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New building techniques and innovative materials are helping to make trailers, especially dry vans and reefers, lighter, more fuel efficient and better at fighting corrosion, manufacturers said.

Tonnage hauled by U.S. truckers in September was 5.1% greater than what they carried in the same month a year ago, the 10th consecutive month that loads have grown when compared with year-ago results, American Trucking Associations said last week.

Orders for new heavy-duty trucks jumped about 40% in September compared with the same month last year, an unexpectedly strong showing that analysts said resulted from a sharp boost in trucker confidence that sets the stage for a strong sales year in 2011.

The Obama administration last week proposed the first-ever regulations to set commercial truck fuel-efficiency and carbon-emission standards.

The U.S. gross domestic product rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter as consumer spending rose, the Commerce Department said Friday.

President Obama said Friday that federal authorities had uncovered a “credible terrorist threat” against the United States following the overseas discovery of U.S.-bound packages containing explosives aboard cargo jets, the Associated Press reported.

After months of anticipation and concern, the trucking industry finally got a look last week at the federal government’s first proposal to regulate the fuel-efficiency and carbon-dioxide output of commercial trucks.

Unfortunately, large LTL companies don’t believe drivers need to know what’s coming down the pike, so no information is shared. The contempt and disrespect toward drivers is very disturbing and is going to be a huge problem within six months.

Supply chain technology firm Intermec Inc. said its third-quarter net earnings loss was $6.9 million, or 11 cents per share, compared with a profit of $64,000, or zero cents, a year ago.

Initial jobless claims fell by 21,000 last week to the lowest level since early July, the Labor Department said Thursday.