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Alaskan carrier Carlile Transportation Systems said it has been acquired by transportation firm Saltchuk Resources, Seattle. Terms were not disclosed.

The latest financial data show that the U.S. economy has exhibited amazing resilience in recent months, despite the fear and uncertainty that some political developments in Washington have spread and that many analysts feared would paralyze the nation’s recovery from the Great Recession.

Attorneys who specialize in trucking issues are closely watching how courts interpret guidance issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that could make motor carriers with blanket bans on hiring convicted felons subject to allegations of discriminatory hiring.

LISLE, Ill. — Navistar International Corp. continued the relaunch of its Class 8 truck business late last month, holding test drives for two new emissions-compliant engine families in the suburbs around its Chicago-area headquarters.

Fleets ordered 21,769 trailers during April, the highest level so far in 2013 and 8.2% above year-ago levels, according to ACT Research.

Major supply chain disruptions from weather or other disasters can turn just-in-time inventory management into a liability rather than a solution, according to freight transportation experts.

The federal government is trying once again to eliminate the requirement that nearly all trucking companies submit quarterly financial data to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, calling the requirement “outdated” and unnecessary.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last week it plans in upcoming months to survey more than 1,000 truck drivers and motor carriers on ways carriers could use electronic logging devices to harass drivers.

Two House members have introduced legislation to remove what they say is the disparity between the tax the federal government levies on diesel fuel and on liquefied natural gas.

Prime Inc., a refrigerated carrier based in Springfield, Mo., has become the latest to purchase a rooftop deck paver at the Capitol Hill office of American Trucking Associations, the group recently announced.