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The Volvo Group and Chinese firms Sinotruk Ltd. and China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Corp. have signed an agreement under which Sinotruk will purchase all of Volvo’s equity interest in Jinan Huawo Truck Corp., Bloomberg reported.

Your weekly articles about rail-car loadings and truck traffic tend to make the same year-over-year comparisons.

Welcome aboard Anne Ferro as the fourth-ever administrator of trucking’s chief U.S. regulator, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Curtis Whalen, executive director of American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference, said his members share many of the same concerns about reauthorization as other trade groups.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week formally approved selective catalytic reduction to meet its 2010 emissions standard.

Truck buyers 10 years from now will value robust onboard computing more than a vehicle’s nameplate, according to a new report from IBM, but truck makers and telematics providers disputed that conclusion.

Gainey Corp.’s future owner is expected to be decided this week, following a three-way contest for the bankrupt carrier, CEO Harvey Gainey said.

The trucking industry shed 7,500 more jobs in October, more than double the 3,600 lost in September, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Politicians’ fixations on issues such as health care are deflecting attention from crucial restoration of the transportation infrastructure and impairing the ability of American businesses to cope with the recession and revive the freight industry, three industry leaders said during a recent roundtable discussion.