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TAMPA, Fla. — A total of 96 task force sessions were held here during the Technology & Maintenance Council’s annual meeting, focusing on topics that included cleaning diesel particulate filters, documenting maintenance costs on a per-mile basis and benchmarking information-technology systems.

Trailer tracking clearly would hold little value for fleet managers if they couldn’t sever the tractor-trailer umbilical without leaving the trailer a lifeless lump.

After a long truck trip with his ear tuned to radio programming beamed down from space, Herb Schmidt, president of truckload carrier Contract Freighters Inc., was so impressed that he ordered all his fleet’s new trucks to be equipped with factory-installed satellite radio receivers.

UPS Inc. said Thursday it will close the Dayton, Ohio, air-freight hub it acquired in December.

Overall trucking freight volumes rose 3.4% to 116.5 in January, a record high, according to an American Trucking Associations index.

Oil Remains Over $51 a Barrel • Xtra Corp. Buys Former CitiCapital Trailer-Rental Unit • DDC, Freightliner to Invest $275 Mln. in Michigan Plant • Dana Reports 4Q Loss, Cites Higher Steel Prices • And more...

Yellow Roadway Corp. is in talks to buy USF Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Prices paid by consumers rose 0.1% in January, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.

In efforts to speed border crossings at certain locations, U.S. and Canadian officials are extending service center hours for drivers applying for the Free and Secure Trade program. One U.S. official was also urging the Food and Drug Administration to add weekend inspectors.

Fed Committee Cites Inflation Concerns • Transportation Financial Firms Announce Merger • Ky. House Approves Raising Truck Weight Limits • Kansas City Southern Appoints New Rail Executive • And more...