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WASHINGTON — Longhaul and over-the-road truck drivers increasingly are unhealthy, a University of Utah occupational epidemiologist told researchers attending a Jan. 11 session at the 2016 Transportation Research Board.

Trucking companies are likely to see a continuation of moderate business growth in 2016 as the shortage of qualified drivers keeps a lid on fleet expansion, analysts said.

As we close the door on the 2015 calendar year, we look back at our 10 favorite trucking cartoons of the year. Is your favorite among them?

Historians may look back at 2015 as the most important year for the U.S. trucking industry since deregulation in 1980.

The trucking industry will be able to randomly test 25% of its drivers for drug use during 2016, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced on Dec. 21.

Proper maintenance saves fuel. That was the key finding in the North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s latest Trucking Efficiency Confidence Report covering maintenance, the group said in releasing the report.

Mack Trucks said Dec. 15 it will lay off about one-fifth of its Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania ,employees in late January, one of the largest local-job announcements from the heavy-duty truck manufacturer since it decided to move its headquarters from Allentown  to North Carolina six years ago.