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Limiting drivers, especially longhaul drivers, to a total of 14 hours on duty means there are more fatigued drivers on the highways now than ever before.

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a measure extending the Single-State Registration System, giving the board of the newly formed Unified Carrier Registration program time to agree on how to replace SSRS, which collects and apportions state truck registration fees.

Diesel engine manufacturer Detroit Diesel Corp. said Wednesday it has performed the first in-use emissions test on its Series 60 heavy-duty diesel engine, and said the results show the engine meets federal Environmental Protection Agency standards.

Diesel fuel's average national price jumped 7.5 cents a gallon Monday to $3.055, the Department of Energy reported.

Penske Logistics said Monday that home appliance manufacturer Whirlpool Corp. has selected the company as its lead logistics provider.

Cass Information Systems, a St. Louis company that provides invoice payment and information services to the transportation industry, said Monday it acquired the parcel auditing services of NTransit Inc.

Worker productivity rose at a 1.1% annual rate in the second quarter following a 4.3% jump in the first quarter, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

The U.S. Transportation Department’s transportation services index fell 0.4% in June from May and the freight index also declined, DOT said Tuesday.

The Federal Reserve Tuesday halted its rise of the benchmark U.S. interest rate at 5.25%, the first time it has not raised the rate following 17 straight quarter-point increases dating back to June 2004.

Transportation and logistics firm EGL Inc. reported second-quarter net income of $14.8 million or 36 cents a share, a 17% increase from $12.7 million or 25 cents from the same quarter last year.