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The Obama administration last week took the first step toward reinstituting commercial truck traffic between the United States and Mexico, although it said details would not be released for several months.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will abide by trucking industry requests and formally consider a proposed rule to require manufacturers to install devices to limit heavy trucks to 68 miles per hour, possibly as soon as 2012.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 9.4% in December, the lowest in a year and a half, the Labor Department said Friday.

UPS Inc. on Jan. 4 said it is expanding distribution facilities this year in the United States and three other countries to handle growing global demand for outsourced shipments of health-care products such as medicines and supplies.

Less-than-truckload carrier Southeastern Freight Lines, Lexington, S.C., opened a new logistics division Jan. 4 to provide shippers with services in dry van, refrigerated and flatbed truckload, expedited delivery, intermodal drayage, brokerage, air freight and distribution.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finally responded to our request for a federal mandate to limit heavy-duty truck speeds to 68 mph in order to improve safety on the nation’s highways.

Ryder System has completed its acquisition of Total Logistic Control at a cost of $200 million, the company said.

Initial jobless claims rose last week but declined in the past month, the Labor Department said Thursday.

U.S. automobile sales rose last year for the first time since the recession, increasing 11% from a year earlier.