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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. tarting Jan. 1, owners and operators of all diesel-powered heavy trucks operating in California will be required to show proof each vehicle’s engine meets federal emission standards for the model year in which the engine was manufactured, said an official with the California Air Resources Board.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>GeoLogic Solutions, a provider of mobile communications technologies to trucking, said it received a patent for its Proximity Alert, a software package the company sells to help fleets improve their monitoring of trucks by documenting loading/unloading time for computation of possible detention charges.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. iesel fuel supplies remain tighter than gasoline even as prices have eased in the past month, and the trucking industry has had difficulty passing on some associated costs, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Reports by the U.S. Department of Energy showed increases in the amount of distillate fuel, gasoline and crude oil supplies the U.S. had on hand in the past week as refineries boosted operating rates.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. consumer sentiment rose this month, rebounding from a 13-year low level in October, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment index released Wednesday.

U.S. officials said they disagree with the rationale behind a Nafta panel’s order to drastically cut U.S. duties on imports of Canadian softwood lumber after the Commerce Department said it would comply with the order, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. LEXANDRIA, Va. — American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves, speaking at the National Safety Council’s Truck and Bus Safety and Security Symposium here, called on the government to loosen restrictions on how commercial vehicle enforcement grant money can be spent. He also urged states to implement primary seat-belt laws.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he number of U.S. workers filing initial unemployment benefits rose by 30,000 to 335,000 last week, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. LEXANDRIA, Va. — The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said that agency planned to focus future regulations on drivers’ health and how drivers become qualified to operate commercial vehicles.