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Global container firm APL Monday announced major initiatives to improve California’s air quality, including testing new marine technologies to reduce emissions from ocean vessels.

Delaware Offering Anti-Idling Grants • Residents Oppose Kansas Ethanol Plant • Pipelines Could Help Nevada’s Fuel Supply

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. t’s a sad fact in the trucking industry that those who want driver orientation to take as little time as possible are usually the first to point out the shortcomings of new hires — and give them a hard time for not following company practice to the letter. This sets a bad tone for a relationship that is probably doomed to be a short one.

Construction spending posted its biggest decline in five years, falling 1% in October as residential construction continued its downward trajectory, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The Institute for Supply Management said Friday its November manufacturing index contracted for the first time in more than three years, falling to a reading of 49.5.

The Vancouver (British Columbia) Port Authority on Friday said it will implement new, stricter policies for trucking companies hauling containers to and from the Port of Vancouver, including a new licensing agreement that will require truckers to certify their compliance to the port’s strategic trucking program.

Transportation and logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide on Friday announced it acquired Triune, a non-asset based third-party logistics firm headquartered in India.

Canadian National Railway on Friday announced it purchased short-line rail hauler Savage Alberta Railway from Savage Co., Salt Lake City.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. agree with American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves. We need to keep our interstate highway system free.

Crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose more than $4 for the week to a per-barrel closing price of more than $63 on Friday, Bloomberg reported.