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Five states received federal grants totaling $6 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation and Secretary Ray LaHood in June with the purpose of easing truck parking shortages on U.S. interstates.

The Pennsylvania House has unanimously passed a bill that would ban indemnification contracts that some shippers and receivers force trucking firms to sign.

Consumers’ personal spending rose 0.2% in May, the Commerce Department said Monday.

The Senate confirmed former FBI deputy director John Pistole to be head of the Transportation Security Administration — the first time the post has been filled during the Obama administration, the Washington Post reported.

Ryder System Inc., Miami, said it won a patent for supply chain management tools and methods that pool data from shippers, carriers and consignees on the Web.

June is National Safety Month, a particularly relevant observance this year as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration makes final revisions to its operational model for the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program, with implementation expected as early as December.

A new study has found that nationwide adoption of a low-carbon fuel standard would increase the retail cost of motor fuel by as much as 170% over a 10-year period.

Although trucking companies do not yet face a legal mandate to report their carbon emissions, some shippers continue to demand such disclosure, forcing truckers to choose between several complex reporting methods, the American Transportation Research Institute said.