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The Department of Transportation has formally recognized 17 standards needed to ensure “smooth operation” of intelligent transportation systems throughout the nation.

Yellow Freight System, one of the nation's largest general freight carriers, said it will reinstate its diesel fuel surcharge July 14 to offset rising fuel prices.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has placed another of its locals in trusteeship, following a bitter month-long strike against a beef processor in Wallula, Wash.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services will install trailer-tracking devices from Vantage Trailer Solutions on many of its 14,000 trailers over the next two years.

Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. continued to be plagued by late trains last week, despite their hopes that the Independence Day holiday would allow them to catch up on deliveries.

Industry groups have asked California to declassify diesel exhaust particulates as a toxic air contaminant, and the state has indicated a willingness to listen to trucking's latest arguments.

Volvo AB and DaimlerChrysler AG are considering a merger and are negotiating the price, the Swedish business daily Dagens Industri reported Friday. The companies declined comment on the report.

The driver of a truck involved in an Amtrak derailment will be charged with failing to stop for an approaching train, authorities said. David Bubela, 21, of El Campo, Texas, also faces possible citations for failure to have a log book and faulty brakes.

More Illinois truckers will be have to retake portions of their commercial driver license tests because of a CDL-selling racket involving state employees. A state spokesman said the 195 truckers will have one opportunity to take a newly written test from July 12 to 16 or face losing their driving privileges.