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NEW ORLEANS — Phillips Industries soon will begin offering a rear-facing trailer back-up camera that the company’s top executive said will be its biggest-ever product launch.

NEW ORLEANS — The North American Council for Freight Efficiency and RMI released a report assessing the commercial vehicle technologies researched as part of the SuperTruck 2 program.

SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators on March 1 authorized Waymo to expand services of its fleet of robotaxis into Los Angeles and to cities on the peninsula south of San Francisco.

NEW ORLEANS —  The TruckWings tractor-mounted aerodynamic device, which closes the gap between the cab and trailer, showed fuel-efficiency gains for diesel and CNG trucks in recent tests.

OPEC+ extended its oil supply cutbacks to the middle of the year in a bid to avert a global surplus and shore up prices.

The latest rail layoffs, combined with an investment fund’s ongoing campaign for control of Norfolk Southern, are renewing concerns about the effects cuts might have on safety and service.

Canada’s biggest new oil pipeline in more than a decade will begin filling with crude within weeks, according to MEG Energy Corp.

South Carolina officials announced a $438,500 expansion in Charleston County of Gnosis Freight, a supply chain and logistics software firm that is expected to create 51 jobs.

Kodiak Robotics’ autonomous semis are carrying loads for logistics group Martin-Brower Co. on routes between Dallas and Oklahoma City, the companies said Feb. 29.

Profits at Daimler Truck AG jumped 120% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2023 on strong demand plus higher prices and margins.