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CNN talk show host Greta Van Susteren and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater will headline a two-day national transportation safety conference March 2 and 3.

Volvo AB is preparing to make a bid of as much as $3.35 billion for the U.S. truck and bus manufacturer Navistar, a Swedish business newspaper reported Friday.

Rep. Frank Wolf(TT File Photo)Support for creation of a federal agency devoted solely to truck safety grew last week during a long-awaited congressional hearing on who in the Department of Transportation should oversee the industry. ATA and other industry groups endorsed establishing a federal trucking administration.

The nation’s governors last week urged Congress and the administration to spend the maximum amount possible on highway and other transportation programs.

TravelCenters of America will acquire Travel Ports of America for about $40.5 million, the companies announced late last week.

The Canam Manac Group of Boucherville, Quebec, has agreed to sell its truck trailer manufacturing division to Great Dane L.P. for $87.5 million.

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) threatened last week to seek a Justice Department investigation of illegal lobbying by senior officials at the former Office of Motor Carriers unless they are fired.

The owners of a trucking company in Hartsville, S.C., and two of their drivers were sentenced for a scheme that put unqualified drivers behind the wheels of commercial trucks.

The Surface Transportation Board is up to full strength after the Senate voted Feb. 24 to confirm the nominations of William Clyburn and Wayne Burkes.