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Daimler Trucks North America is recalling 863 newer Freightliner trucks using certain Goodyear tires, whose tread may have cured improperly, raising the risk of vehicle damage or crash due to partial tread separation.

UPS Inc. will be swapping one of its big brown trucks for a big brown bike. The Atlanta logistics company said Dec. 7 that it's testing delivery by electric bicycle in Portland, a first for the company in the United States.

UPS CEO David Abney told CNBC cutting regulation and growing infrastructure are likely positives.

Cummins Inc., the industry’s only independent engine manufacturer, outlined how the company envisions using multiple alternative propulsion systems to power Class 8 trucks within the next 10 years in a statement provided to Transport Topics.

Paccar Inc. would pay an extra cash dividend of 60 cents per share on Jan. 6, 2017, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 16.

The head of one of Chattanooga, Tennessee’s biggest trucking companies says there is an urgent need to upgrade the interstate highways in the Chattanooga region to keep commerce flowing.

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB, Latin America’s biggest retailer, will spend more than $1 billion to improve its logistics operations, a person with direct knowledge of the plan said.

Job openings in the United States remained elevated in October, and employers’ job listings were revised up for the previous month, indicating robust demand for workers, a Labor Department report showed Dec. 7.