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Mexico’s largest trucking association, Canacar, has seized the moment to present its complaints on North American Free Trade Agreement trucking issues to the country’s incoming president, Vicente Fox Quesada.

Trucks can keep cruising the Arizona deserts at the same speed as four-wheelers thanks to a state Department of Transportation study.

An audit of the commercial driver license program found the primary goal of limiting truckers to one CDL has largely been achieved, but states are not disqualifying convicted holders as required by law, allowing unsafe drivers on the road.

Kim Hioe, a corporate vice president in Santa Clara, Calif., can quantify his affection for Circle International Group — the more he likes the freight forwarder the less frequently he sees its personnel.

Santa Claus may be famous for Christmas deliveries, but on July 8 FedEx Corp., United Parcel Service and Yellow Freight System usurped his ho-ho-ho all the way to bookstores, warehouses and homes of the United States, delivering the latest Harry Potter book.

The price of diesel fuel crept downward 0.4 cents a gallon this week amid arguments over inventories, production quotas and reserve plans, as well as a startling speculation that the price of crude oil could reach $35 to $40 a barrel by year’s end.

The radar guns are out in full force in Milwaukee these days and lead-footed truckers who find themselves on the wrong side of a speeding ticket have an alliance of state officials, law enforcement and industry leaders to thank.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission relaxed the rules that determine which hazardous materials may be trucked through the four mountain tunnels on its toll road.

Trimac Corp. has initiated a restructuring plan that will shift C$378 million worth of its assets to place the company in a position to increase its market share of the bulk trucking business. The Calgary, Alberta-based company started its maneuvering two week ago by selling its Rentway subsidiary to Penske Truck Leasing.

Congress was poised last week to act on legislation that would help owners of family-owned trucking companies pass the fruits of a lifetime’s work on to their children without Uncle Sam taking a giant bite.