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TAMPA, Fla. — Annette Sandberg, preparing to depart March 4 after three years as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said she was proud of the agency’s progress in improving the safety of large trucks, but she expressed regrets over the agency’s efforts to revise hours-of-service rules.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. believe American Trucking Associations is putting the cart before the horse on the speed limiter issue. It has been proven time and again that having split speed limits is more a danger than a help in accident prevention.

Personal spending rose 0.9% in January, up from a revised 0.7% in December, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Canadian firm Mullen Group Income Fund said late Tuesday it had closed three previously announced acquisitions of companies in western Canada. Terms were not disclosed.

Third-party logistics provider Hub Group said Wednesday it had completed its acquisition of trucking and drayage firm Comtrak Inc. for $38 million.

Industry reaction to American Trucking Associations’ recent call for setting engine governors at 68 miles per hour on all new large trucks was mixed last week, with some safety and truck officials applauding the move but others calling the idea impractical.

Sales of counterfeit and knock-off parts for use on heavy-duty trucks are posing safety risks to fleets, with the largest problem being brake components, manufacturing executives told Transport Topics.

Canadian firm Contrans Income Fund said late Wednesday it earned $5.5 million or 19 cents a unit, compared with $5.4 million or 18 cents a year earlier.

UPS Inc. said Tuesday it has renamed its less-than-truckload subsidiary Overnite Transportation as UPS Freight.

Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 13.5% in December from a year earlier to $59.1 billion, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.