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The Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse-II regulation requires State Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) to remove commercial driving privileges from truck drivers with a “prohibited” status in the Clearinghouse. A driver is considered prohibited if they engaged in drug or alcohol use or refused a drug or alcohol test.

Losses at truck maker Nikola more than halved year on year in the third quarter as a result of record sales, cost cutting and the absence of expenses incurred in the year-ago period.

Dock employers in British Columbia shut out workers Nov. 4 after a union’s strike notice, bringing trade to a halt across Canada’s busiest and third-busiest ports.

The shift reflects how a key Canadian resource sector has declined due to U.S. duties and other challenges, including wildfires, land-use regulation and insect infestations.

Allison Transmission’s profit in the third quarter jumped 26.6% on the back of demand for Class 8 vocational trucks in North America, with executives saying it shows no sign of slowing down.

FMCSA gave New Jersey a $2 million federal roadway safety grant to pay for new state motor vehicle mobile units to bring commercial driver license tests to rural areas.

Escalating tensions in the Middle East and U.S. relations with China pose the greatest concerns for Big Oil, according to some of the industry’s top executives.

DETROIT — NHTSA has ended a 2½-year investigation into Ford engine failures after the company replaced engines or extended the warranty on some vehicles.

Returnless refunds are a tool that more retailers are using to keep online shoppers happy and to reduce shipping fees, processing time and other ballooning costs from returned products.

Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries said Nov. 3 they would postpone a plan to gradually increase oil output until the end of the year, extending their output cuts by one month.