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New orders for commercial trailers, led by dry van orders, more than doubled in June, surging 103% over the same month last year, ACT Research Co. reported.

The top Daimler Trucks executive in North America last week defended use of selective catalytic reduction to meet federal emissions requirements, rebutting claims by Navistar Inc. that SCR engines do not meet environmental standards because their emissions controls can be overridden by using plain water in place of a urea-water solution.

Federal transportation officials considering fuel-efficiency standards for heavy trucks should concentrate their early regulatory efforts on engines and tractors, not trailers, American Trucking Associations said.

Canadian transportation and logistics firm TransForce Inc. said its second-quarter net income fell to C$17.1 million, or 18 cents a share, from C$18 million, or 21 cents, a year ago.

Initial jobless claims fell by 11,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Universal Truckload Services’ second-quarter profit rose to $4.6 million, or 29 cents per share, from $1.3 million, or 8 cents, a year ago.

Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico jumped 39.5% in May, the largest increase since records began, the Department of Transportation said Thursday.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said Thursday it returned to profit in the second quarter after a loss last year.

The American Transportation Research Institute has updated its online guide of state and local anti-idling regulations, the group said Thursday.