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With little fanfare, a 30-year renovation project to four-lane all of U.S. 23 has been finished. The region's main north-south artery is one of the busiest coal-hauling routes in the country.

Shipments of truck trailers rose slightly in June, totaling 23,708, a 3.1% increase over the 22,985 shipped in May, according to the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association.

East Coast farmers and the truckers they rely on to transport their goods have been hit hard by this season’s blistering heat and record-setting dry spell.

In the news this morning: Protest slows flow of cargo at Baltimore port; DOT reviews gaps in driver safety standards; and Va. politician sues trucker, firm over crash.

This afternoon's headlines: U.S. Customs says its not liable for cargo damage; Many job deaths in Miss. happen on state roads; and Sen. Baucus to drive a semi from Missoula to Billings.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services will spend more than $1 billion over five years to convert its fleet of 9,000 cabover truck tractors to conventional tractors, company officials said Aug. 26.

Commercial trucks drivers accustomed to using two major roads in New Jersey are heeding the governor’s month-old order banning them from those and other thoroughfares, even though enforcement has not begun.

Some 120 miles to the south of Vancouver, British Columbia, hundreds of Seattle container haulers, encouraged by the success of their Canadian counterparts, have parked their trucks in protest against low wages and the lack of union representation.

The leader of the nation’s largest shippers’ group is calling for a trade-off between the railroad and trucking industries. In exchange for railroad support of heavier big rigs, trucking companies would move more freight on intermodal lines.

Officers of bankrupt NationsWay Transport Service have agreed to sell three of the carrier’s hubs — in Commerce City, Colo.; Harrisburg, Pa.; and Phoenix — to two of the country’s less-than-truckload giants. The facilities are scheduled to be sold on Sept. 7 at federal bankruptcy court in Phoenix.