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Canadian bulk trucking company Trimac Transportation said it will acquire Ontario-based specialized bulk carrier Liquid Cargo Lines.

The U.S. economy rose at a 1.9% annual rate in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday, lowering its previous 2.2% figure.

CRST International Inc. has announced the appointment of Andrew Hadland as president of Specialized Transportation Inc., one of CRST’s operating companies.

Consumer confidence fell to a four-month low in May, the New York-based Conference Board said.

Consumer confidence rose in May to the highest level in nearly five years, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Bigger trucks and a field study of the hours-of-service restart provision are among items American Trucking Associations said it wants included in any highway bill that emerges from the House-Senate conference committee weighing the legislation.

Trucking managers in information technology and finance will meet jointly in Tampa, Fla., next month to explore opportunities for efficiency improvement through IT and strategies for handling significant tax changes expected at the end of 2012.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Low participation by Mexican carriers in the cross-border trucking program could lead to the resumption of Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods, an official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said.