Trimble Navigation said Monday it has signed an agreement to acquire TMW Systems for $335 million, bringing the transportation software provider together with PeopleNet Communications Corp., which Trimble purchased last year.

LAS VEGAS — Qualcomm Inc., GE Trailer Fleet Services and Sky-Bitz, three of the largest providers of trailer-tracking technology, each announced new customers and product expansions and enhancements here last week.

LAS VEGAS — Truckload carrier executives and industry observers here said almost uniformly there has been a slight rebound in freight demand in recent weeks, but they were unsure whether a significant pickup would occur in the second half of the year.

LAS VEGAS — Leaders of the Truckload Carriers Association said they will take a more active role in shaping trucking’s policy in the coming year and emphasize the need to provide drivers a safer work environment and wage stability.

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — An official with the Chicago Climate Exchange said the demand for cleaner engines and alternative fuels in the United States will increase as membership in its cap-and-trade emission trading system expands.

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — The president of the Long Beach Harbor Commission said a licensing system would be “up and running within five years” at his port and the neighboring Port of Los Angeles to ensure all trucks entering the facilities meet strict emission standards.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>State trucking executives said they were hopeful American Trucking Associations would soon change the eligibility rules governing the annual National Truck Driving Championships to once again allow all state champions to compete.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. A top official with the Truckload Carriers Association called a recent article outlining the billions of dollars U.S. consumers are allegedly being overcharged for fuel dispensed at high temperatures “jaw dropping,” and said it warranted further study by the trucking industry.

Robert Low, president of refrigerated carrier Prime Inc., said he had a good reason for shipping a recent package from Arkansas to Kentucky by air, rather than over the road.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Amid record-high fuel prices and the economic uncertainty they have bred, and following the disruption caused by recent storms, industry executives will gather in Boston this week for American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition.