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With the trucking industry slowly emerging from hard times at last, it ought to be unalloyed good news that motor carriers are reporting fewer workers’ compensation claims than before. Unfortunately, it is also true that both the average cost per claim and injury rate are higher for trucking than other industries.

The U.S. economy’s service sector expanded in June but its expansion rate fell to a four-month low, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday.

Public-private intermodal projects in Ohio and Georgia that involve CSX Transportation moved a step closer to completion this month.

Massachusetts and Iowa enacted laws to combat distracted driving late last week, with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) signed legislation Friday outlawing texting while driving, making his the 29th state to outlaw the practice.

Volvo Trucks North America and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the company is recalling nearly 64,000 trucks in the United States for a possible steering linkage problem.

Cummins Inc., the last independent heavy-duty diesel engine maker in the United States, announced several overseas business developments.

Ultra-low-sulfur-diesel fuel, once feared by many truckers as potentially harmful to engines and fuel efficiency, will become by Dec. 1 the only legal fuel allowed for all on-highway diesel-powered vehicles.

U.S. factory orders declined 1.4% in April, the biggest drop since March 2009, the Commerce Department said Friday.