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XPO Logistics Inc. said Tuesday it moved its corporate headquarters to Greenwich, Conn., from Buchanan, Mich.

Over the next five years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to significantly reduce truck-related crash fatality rates by developing new credentialing and driver safety fitness standards, expanding its regulatory reach to include shippers and other industry players and creating new programs aimed at weeding out high-risk motor carriers.

Truckers who work for oilfield and natural gas companies have higher rates of accidents and fatalities than the trucking industry, due to longer hours and hours-of-service rule exemptions, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

Trucks carrying hazardous materials will be banned from traveling through Boston during most of the daytime under a policy approved by Massachusetts state officials last week, the Boston Globe reported.

Canadian carrier Contrans Group’s first-quarter profit rose, in part on acquisitions, the company said.

Canadian holding company Clarke Inc. posted a first-quarter profit, turning around a loss from a year ago.

Business inventories rose 0.3% in March, the slowest pace in four months, the Commerce Department reported.

Truck leasing and logistics company Ryder System has been awarded a contract to provide distribution and last-mile delivery.