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As the Environmental Protection Agency-mandated deadline requiring a new generation of diesel engines in heavy-duty trucks passes this week, the entire industry involved in making trucks is in disarray and bracing for the worst of times.

A lockout by the Pacific Maritime Association continued into Tuesday morning as the sides could not come to an agreement in sporadic talks Monday, Bloomberg reported.

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Manufacturing activity in the heavily industrial Midwest declined in September, its first contraction in eight months, a survey of purchasing managers showed Monday.

The Pacific Maritime Association imposed its second lockout of the weekend late Sunday, saying that the 29 ports it represents on the West Coast would stay shut until its dockworkers' union agreed to extend its expired contract while a new one is talked out, the Associated Press reported.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc. said Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency has granted emissions certification to Volvo’s new diesel engine.

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MEXICO CITY — The Mexican trucking industry’s 10-year drive toward modernization has created a mismatch between late-model equipment and old-school maintenance practices for many fleets, according to industry officials who addressed the first conference of the Technology and Maintenance Council ever held in Mexico.

ATLANTA — Technology executives at a trucking industry conference on wireless communications last week called for stepped up coordination and more government spending on truck security.

Of all the changes that followed trucking deregulation in 1980, one of the most significant has been the trend of shippers outsourcing their transportation to third-party logistics companies.