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U.S. aviation regulators approved commercial drone applications so quickly in recent years that they missed safety violations and took few enforcement actions, a government watchdog report concluded.

Comprehensive Logistics will lay off employees in January, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice Act document filed with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Zonar, a supplier of smart fleet management technology, has appointed Ian McKerlich the new CEO, replacing Brett Brinton after Continental AG purchased a majority stake in it, the company announced Dec. 5.

Koch Logistics, an operating division of Stan Koch and Sons Trucking Inc., purchased JBS Logistics and its affiliated companies in a deal announced Dec. 1.

CEOs of some of the largest U.S. companies became more optimistic about their sales and hiring prospects in the weeks before and after the presidential election in November, even as they pared plans for capital spending.

The U.S. trade deficit widened to a four-month high in October as overseas sales weakened and American companies imported more equipment and consumer goods

The U.S. average retail price of diesel increased 6 cents to $2.480 a gallon, according to the Department of Energy.

Congress has to come up with a short-term bill by Dec. 9 to keep the government funded, but a longer view of infrastructure needs was taking shape elsewhere in Washington. Keith Laing of The Detroit News joins TT's Eugene Mulero for a video preview of the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Wabash National Corp. said the number of fleets committed to testing its new Cold Chain Series refrigerated van trailer made with molded structural composites is now at four with the addition of Leonard’s Express.

A boom in electric vehicles made by the likes of Tesla Motors Inc. could erode as much as 10% of global gasoline demand by 2035, according to the oil industry consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd.