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Software providers Ortec and Xata Corp. have announced enhancements to Ortec Mobile, a routing and scheduling software for fleets.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said it has opened a new liquefied natural gas fueling station in Ohio.

In the post-HOS environment, minutes matter. By reducing driver turnaround time, we can minimize the fallout from HOS-related capacity constraints.

This is shaping up as one of those “interesting years” for the trucking supply industry, with demand likely to at least match capacity in several key areas, including tractors, trailers and tires.

Federal regulators will not issue a final rule this year mandating electronic onboard recorders for nearly all interstate carriers, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration spokeswoman confirmed last week.

Maersk Inc., owner of the largest ocean carrier, has agreed to sell its chassis rental unit to private investment firm Littlejohn & Co., marking the latest step in the ownership of the chassis that drayage truckers use to deliver containerized cargo.

Household goods movers have more leeway in putting military service members’ goods into storage if the shipments arrive early, thanks to a federal rule change last month that the industry said will save money and increase available capacity in the moving industry.

Four publicly traded less-than-truckload carriers have joined the ranks of fleets that improved fourth-quarter financial performance and signaled that prospects for continued growth are brightening.

Six months into his bid to turn around YRC Worldwide Inc., CEO James Welch does not mince words as he mixes positives like “a 180-degree turn” in once-flagging morale with reality, saying “2012 will be a rebuilding year.”