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This afternoon's headlines: CSX opens TransFlo facility in Canada; Sweeping up the roads; and Reality Check: U.S. trucking execs report good business.

Massachusetts may surprise some truckers with a $100 fine as the state continues to require permits for 53-foot trailers.

In the news this morning: Preston drivers move on; Overnite agrees to assume Preston's Puerto Rico business; and West Coast port employers, union officials satisfied.

Heavy rains in central Colorado caused mudslides that have closed portions of Interstate 70, Colorado 133, and U.S. 6 following flash flooding throughout the area on Tuesday.

The decision by United Parcel Service to sell 10% of its shares to the public — in what analysts said could be the largest initial public stock offering in history — is likely to have a major impact on the global transportation industry.

Some truckload carriers joined their counterparts in the less-than-truckload sector in imposing rate surcharges after the average cost of diesel took another jump.

A measure to speed the return of the 80% tax deduction for truckers’ meals cleared a hurdle last week as the Senate Finance Committee approved a $792 billion tax-cut bill.

Jon Charleston didn’t have to die. Trapped in his overturned car in a rural area, he was able to contact 911 using his cellular phone. He didn’t make it, though, because one piece of the emergency response information was missing — his location.

The staff of the powerful House Transportation Committee is circulating a rough draft of a proposal to create a separate motor carrier administration within the Department of Transportation.