March orders for new trailers fell 22% from a year earlier, but manufacturers remain busy with a heavy backlog generated by an “epic” order season over the past several months, ACT Research said.

The National Transportation Safety Board on April 29 issued a recommendation that heavy truck and bus fleet operators deploy in-cab video system recorder technology to monitor their drivers.

Reactions to XPO Logistics' $3.53 billion acquisition of French logistics company Norbert Dentressangle SA for $3.53.

U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 5.6% in the week ended April 25 compared with the same week last year as carload traffic declined 7.9%, the Association of American Railroads reported.

XPO Logistics Inc. agreed to buy French logistics company Norbert Dentressangle SA for $3.53 billion to expand in the global sector, a move that will nearly triple the U.S. company’s revenue.

EkoStinger said it is offering a new approach to trailer aerodynamics with a product designed to consistently enhance airflow, regardless of tandem placement and even at low speeds.

The Conference Board’s index of consumer confidence unexpectedly decreased to 95.2 in April from 101.4 a month earlier, the New York-based private research group said April 28.

In 2006, ATA asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to require heavy trucks not only to install the speed limiters but to limit truck speeds to 68 mph.