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The District of Columbia City Council is considering legislation to ban the registration of new vehicles that operate “exclusively on the combustion of petroleum diesel fuel.”

Some $13.6 trillion worth of goods were shipped in the United States in 2012 weighing a combined 11.7 billion tons, with trucks once again doing a majority of the work, according to a federal report.

IRVING, Texas — The trucks of tomorrow will receive wireless software updates, utilize advanced active safety systems and benefit from additional powertrain integration and aerodynamic improvements, OEM executives told an audience of industry professionals.

XPO Logistics Inc. said it has agreed to purchase NLM, a Web-based freight auction site, from Landstar System Inc. for $87 million in cash.

Sales of Class 8 trucks slowed in November, gaining just 1% from the same month last year, while marking the third straight month of year-over-year increases, WardsAuto.com reported.

Flawed data and methodology used in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program have created “tens of thousands” of statistical anomalies, according to an American Trucking Associations white paper released last week.

Sysco Corp., the nation’s largest independent food distributor, said it will acquire its largest rival, U.S. Foods, creating a company with $66 billion in annual sales and a private truck fleet that will be the second largest in North America.

Teamsters employees at UPS Inc.’s package division last week approved several more key supplemental agreements, moving the largest transport industry union contract closer to final implementation.

Driver turnover ticked downward at truckload carriers during the third quarter but remained at relatively high levels, American Trucking Associations reported last week.