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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is distributing 1 million protective masks to commercial truck drivers to enhance safety during the coronavirus pandemic.

Schneider National posted a 19% gain in first-quarter net income, the Green Bay, Wis., company reported April 30.

Big meatpacking companies that have struggled to keep plants running during the coronavirus crisis said April 29 that they welcomed President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring them to stay open, but unions, some employees and Democrats questioned whether workers could be kept safe.

Boeing Co. has already received $50 billion of orders for its bond offering April 30, as the company comes off of one of its worst quarter on record with the pandemic upending the global aviation industry.

American Trucking Associations’ National Truck Driving Championships committee has issued rule changes and recommendations for the 2021 competition season.

Emmanuel Fargeon has been 3D printing truck parts for Volvo for 23 years, but he never imagined he’d be creating personal protective equipment on one.

The Department of Justice has filed a legal document with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia supporting federal regulators’ authority to enforce an Obama-era greenhouse gas emissions rule to include first-ever federal regulation of greenhouse gases and fuel efficiency for trailers.

Volkswagen AG’s use of technology that helped it to cheat on diesel engine pollution tests violated European Union rules, an EU legal adviser warned in the second setback for the automaker at the bloc’s highest court this month.

More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s.

President Donald Trump continues to press lawmakers to take up an infrastructure funding package as part of ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts.