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Trucking and logistics software provider Prophesy Transportation Solutions announced the release of its Advanced Fuel Card Manager module for DispatchSeries.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will not meet Friday’s court settlement deadline to issue its final hours-of-service rule.

Ryder System said that UBCR LLC has selected it as a partner in a Michigan natural gas project that will put 16 more heavy-duty natural gas trucks on the road.

Cheetah Software Systems Inc. said it has made available its next generation Cheetah Mobile app for the Android platform.

Truck tonnage climbed 5.9% in September, according to American Trucking Associations’ well-watched index, a result that should allay fears of another recession.

There is no question that the trucking industry in the past decade has made substantial progress in its embrace and use of technology to achieve best practices for every vital function and process from fleet management, dispatch and accounting to sophisticated tracking, business intelligence and almost any task you can name.

I’m writing in response to the Oct. 3 article about the “new” Volvo drivetrain package: “Volvo Offers New Powertrain Package for VN Trucks.”

The most recent bits of news about business conditions and the economy suggest that, while we can’t be sure we’re out of the woods yet, the most dire predictions of a double-dip recession a couple of months ago apparently were too pessimistic.

American Trucking Associations said it has reached agreement on a three-year contract extension with Bill Graves, which will keep him president of the federation through 2014.

As winter approaches — and with some parts of the country already being subjected to an early taste of seasonal traffic problems — carrier executives and drivers have said experienced people behind the wheels of the tractor-trailers are the best defense against the hazards caused by the weather.