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Daimler Trucks North America and Wabash National Corp. have issued voluntary recalls, respectively, on about 1,160 Freightliner and Western Star trucks and 2,400 converter dolly trailers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website safercar.gov reported.

Texas’ trucking community is divided on a plan to raise truck weight limits in designated corridors near the state’s ports, particularly Houston.

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. introduced its new 4000AE flatbed trailer.

Volkswagen AG’s heavy-truck business assigned development of components for its largest vehicles to Swedish brand Scania, while MAN will be in charge of mid-sized and smaller models to reduce costs by eliminating duplicated work.

South Africa’s Competition Commission searched the premises of six shipping companies, including AP Moeller-Maersk A/S, as part of an investigation into allegations that they colluded to fix incremental cargo rates between Asia and South Africa.

Orders for U.S. durable goods were little changed in August and shipments of capital equipment declined for a fourth straight month, indicating lingering weakness in manufacturing.

In hopes of ending New Jersey’s road construction shutdown that has lasted since July 8, Assemblyman John Wisniewski has proposed that the state borrow $3.2 billion over the next two years to restore the Transportation Trust Fund.

The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose protracted labor dispute disrupted trucking and port operations early in 2015, have targeted Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 for talks to address a potential contract extension.