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The Senate voted 77-18 Tuesday for a U.S.-Peru free-trade agreement, opening the way for expanded economic ties with that country, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — The American Road and Transportation Builders Association said it would seek an exemption from federal hours-of-service rules for drivers in the construction industry, even as the group representing state enforcement officials said they would look to roll back the exemptions already in place.

The North Carolina Trucking Association has teamed up with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program in launching a new state initiative aimed at enhancing commercial vehicle safety.

Registration for truck drivers and other transportation workers to get the Transportation Workers Identification Credential, a biometric identification credential that will be required for unescorted access to secure areas at all U.S. ports.

A Senate panel postponed a hearing on truck driver hours-of-service rules that was scheduled for Wednesday.

Private-equity firm Fenway Partners said Tuesday it has acquired a majority interest in East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Corp. and related companies, including Safeway Trucking Corp.

Truckload carrier Landstar System will increase fourth-quarter revenue in the “mid-single-digit range,” Chief Executive Officer Henry Gerkens said in a conference call with investors, Bloomberg reported.

J.P. Morgan transport analyst Thomas Wadewitz lowered his fourth-quarter earnings estimates for six major railroads by an average of 2.8% and cut his estimates for three truckload companies by an average of 8.7%, the Associated Press reported.