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Tolls on bridges and tunnels would be subject to federal oversight under legislation introduced in Congress during December.

Truck tonnage rose 6% in November from the levels of a year ago, riding a wave of growth sparked by manufacturing demand and inventory restocking, American Trucking Associations reported.

Used-truck sales declined in November, the result of both a lack of supply and increasing buyer resistance to high prices, according to two trucking-industry research groups.

Marc Beam, the Truckload Carriers Association’s 2011 Highway Angel, is the type of person who saves the lives of a woman and two babies on a dark August night and doesn’t immediately tell anyone about it.

Profit surged at truck and engine maker Navistar International Corp. during the fiscal fourth quarter as its three main divisions — trucks, engines and parts — all posted stronger results.

Customers ordered 28,393 new trailers in November, a 29.5% increase from the same month a year earlier and the largest monthly total since March 2006, ACT Research Co. said.

Attorneys for American Trucking Associations have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision that rejected the Port of Los Angeles’ employee-driver plan but left standing several other “burdensome” requirements for carriers.

Diesel fuel prices tumbled more than 10 cents during the final two weeks of 2011, the Department of Energy reported, as refineries continued ramping up production.