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American Trucking Associations last week urged the U.S. Supreme Court to declare a Washington state truck tax unconstitutional.

Skynet Holdings of Los Angeles agreed to buy Nevada Fleet Management, a Las Vegas-based courier that provides air and ground delivery services to Nevada, Washington and Oregon under the name Fleet Delivery Service.

The price of diesel rose sharply this week in the wholesale and retail markets, and analysts expect them to continue rising from some of the lowest levels since 1994.

The Truckload Carriers Association last week unanimously approved a strategic plan that refocuses the 61-year-old association on education and training.

Germany’s state-owned postal service announced it will pay $580 million for Royal Nedlloyd’s European land transport and distribution businesses.

The accident at Bourbonnais, Ill., that killed at least 11 people and injured scores of others last week has refocused the attention of both the trucking and railroad industries on one of their most difficult common safety problems: grade crossings.

An Arkansas highway funding plan that raises state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel could ward off proposals to place tolls on 333 miles of Interstate highways or collect a weight-distance tax from truckers.

PARIS — After seven diesel fuel tax increases in six years, Britain’s small trucking companies and owner-operators “are just giving up,” said Peter Knight, owner of Les Knight Transport.

A minority of reckless truck drivers is giving the rest of the industry a bad name, say some state trucking associations. To fight back, the groups are lending support to legislation to crack down on unsafe truckers.