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Wireless-technology vendor Xora Inc. has asked the Department of Transportation for an exemption to the hours-of-service rules that would permit the company to market cellphones equipped with global positioning systems capable of tracking and logging the time truck drivers spend behind the wheel.

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington Inc. said Monday its board of directors increased its semi-annual cash dividend to 15 cents per share, from 11 cents.

Citing urgent issues that face the trucking industry, Dart Transit Co. said Monday it had joined American Trucking Associations, to support ATA initiatives on current and pending legislative issues.

Scott Niswonger, founder of Forward Air Corp., is leaving the trucking company to focus on his charitable work and other personal interests, the Associated Press reported.

Third-party logistics firm and freight forwarder Vexure Inc. said Friday its first-quarter revenue rose 41%, to more than $31 million.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The House approved the Real ID Act Thursday, which would set national guidelines for driver’s license applicants, news services reported.

Employers added 274,000 workers to payrolls in April and the unemployment rate remained at 5.2%, the Labor Department said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Freight volumes have now fallen in three of the past four months, according to ATA’s Truck Tonnage Index, including a 3.3% dip in the recently released March numbers.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The Department of Transportation said Friday its transportation services index fell 1% February from the previous month.

Intermodal volume jumped 7.3% to 226,253 trailers or containers for the week ended April 30, the highest level ever for the first half of a year, the Association of American Railroads reported.