Business

XPO Logistics has signed a lease for a recently completed 571,000-square-foot building in Perryman, Maryland, that is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the county in the growing e-commerce field, Harford County Executive Barry Glassman said.

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has voted to increase fees on the state’s toll roads by 12% on Jan. 1, with additional hikes of 2.5% set for 2018 and 2019.   

For-hire trucking lost 3,600 jobs in September, while overall payrolls increased by 156,000 the Labor Department reported Oct. 7.

The U.S. Department of Transportation should quickly finalize a proposed federal speed-limiter rule for new heavy trucks, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) said Oct. 6. 

Detroit Diesel Corp. will pay $28.5 million in fines and pollution-reduction projects to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act, the U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced Oct. 6.

Some of the 15,000 steel shipping containers at the ports of Long Beach, and Los Angeles abandoned in the wake of the financial collapse of Korea-based Hanjin Shipping Co. may be headed to Ontario, California, for storage — but not without opposition from city leaders.

ACT Research announced that 20,400 orders for Classes 5-7 trucks were placed in September, a year-over-year decline of 7%.

Estes Express Lines and New England Motor Freight announced that they’ll raise rates 4.9%, on average, on less-than-truckload shipments, the latest among several major carriers to announce price increases over the past two months.

LAS VEGAS — American Trucking Associations' board of directors has elected Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, as the federation’s 72nd chairman.