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Ron Have, president and owner of Freightmasters Inc., Eagan, Minn., has purchased Major Transport, an Eagan-based nationwide truckload carrier, from Wayne Hoovestol.

The New York Times criticized trucking industry safety rules in a story published Sunday that the paper said was the first in a series looking at the Bush administration’s deregulation strategy.

Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario have signed an agreement aimed at improving safety and keeping traffic moving across the busy Windsor-Detroit border crossing, the Associated Press reported.

Trucking and intermodal firm Trailer Bridge said Monday that Nasdaq has approved it to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market, formerly known as the Nasdaq National Market.

A planned multi-billion dollar toll road in Texas that would recoup its costs by charging tolls may prompt truckers to avoid the highway, the Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald newspaper reported Monday.

Gasoline prices rose 4 cents in the past two weeks to $2.27 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

Several engine makers said they were still working to get required certification for their new 2007 engines, and were considering enhanced warranties in an attempt to attract buyers.

A lawyer representing 12 states and 13 environmental groups last week challenged the Bush administration’s position that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot regulate vehicle emissions in the first-ever global warming case to be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Truckload carrier Landstar System lowered its fourth-quarter earnings forecast Monday to 44 to 49 cents a share, which was lower than the 52 cents forecasted by financial analysts, Bloomberg reported.

FedEx Corp. said Monday it will raise standard rates for FedEx Ground and FedEx ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Delivery by an average of 4.9%, effective Jan. 1.