U.S. heavy-duty truck sales fell 24.3% in March to 13,101 vehicles, the seventh straight year-over-year decline, WardsAuto.com reported. Truck makers and dealers blamed the slump on ongoing economic uncertainty and regulatory concerns.

Boston and its surrounding areas were in lockdown Friday as police searched for a suspect from Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon, news reports said.

It wasn’t the best of times. It wasn’t the worst of times. This year’s Mid-America Trucking Show was as notable for what didn’t happen as it was for what did occur on the floor of the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.

It wasn’t the best of times. It wasn’t the worst of times. This year’s Mid-America Trucking Show was as notable for what didn’t happen as it was for what did occur on the floor of the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.

Investment firm Tepper Holdings said it has acquired a majority stake in Canadian carrier Consolidated Fastfrate from private equity firm Fenway Partners. Terms were not disclosed.

March is almost always an exciting time in the trucking industry, and this year it’s particularly true, with four of the industry’s top trade shows each displaying those tantalizing first glimpses of renewed growth.

The contraction in heavy-duty U.S. retail truck sales worsened in February, with volume falling by 18.6%, the sharpest rate of decline during the current six-month streak of reductions.