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The Environmental Protection Agency has certified Volvo’s new engine family to its 2007 emission standards, the truck maker said Wednesday.

New Jersey is considering converting several existing highways into toll roads, the Star Ledger reported Wednesday.

Manufacturing growth in New York State in November rose to its highest levels since June, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Wednesday.

The federal election last week, which gave Democrats control of Congress for the first time since 1994, will shake up the Hill’s legislative agenda as well as the Capitol’s lead-ership, observers told Transport Topics.

Several trade groups are working to revive legislation that would provide a tax-incentive plan for fleets that purchase safety technology for their vehicles, officials told Transport Topics last week.

Logistics firm Stonepath Group said late Tuesday its third-quarter loss widened to $22.1 million or 50 cents a share, compared with a loss of $1 million or 2 cents a year earlier.

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The trucking industry will increase to 69.2% its share of all freight tonnage moved throughout the U.S. by 2008, according to American Trucking Associations’ U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2017.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rise today to pay tribute to the life of a distinguished businessman, community leader and friend, Mac McCormick, who passed away on Oct. 26. Mac’s dedication to the state of Indiana kept him involved in public service throughout his life, and I know that he will be greatly missed.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ome changes taking place in trucking are more obvious than others, but going through the recruitment and orientation process brings a returning veteran driver up to speed quickly — starting with changes in medical requirements that could surprise an old hand and send him packing.