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CINCINNATI — Concern about driver safety compliance is pushing the purchase of new technology to help fleet managers to see and respond to data on driver performance, manufacturers of the equipment said.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said it will implement a new online application process that will allow hazmat materials special permits to be reviewed in a timely manner, beginning May 1.

The good news continued to pour in last week, as a string of trucking-related companies reported improving bottom-line results during the year’s first quarter.

Regarding electronic logs and Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, if they want to regulate this industry, they should just do it and make sure we get paid — and get us hourly and overtime pay.

FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc. again have access to their European hub airports after spending nearly a week of enduring flight cancellations and seeking ground-based transportation alternatives after a volcano in Iceland began spewing hot ash into the skies over the continent, closing airports and stilling the movement of air freight.

Daimler Trucks North America won a new series of three-year labor contracts covering three North Carolina truck plants making heavy- and medium-duty Freightliners and parts for the trucks.

Arkansas Best Corp.’s ABF Freight System and the Teamsters union said they have reached agreement on a 15% wage reduction to help the less-than-truckload carrier cope with losses triggered by the recession. 

The average price of retail diesel in the United States rose a half-cent last week to $3.074 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported, slowing a two-month run-up that has sent diesel over $3 for the first time since November 2008.

James “Whit” Whittinghill, the one-time chief lobbyist for American Trucking Associations, died April 15 at his home in Arlington, Va. He was 57.