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The Senate has unanimously confirmed Anne Ferro, the former head of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, to direct the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

North American Class 8 truck orders shot up sharply in October to about 22,000 vehicles, double the previous month’s total and more than twice the year-ago total, according to data from two research firms.

FedEx Trade Networks said that it has opened seven new freight forwarding offices in Asia and Europe.

States faced with big budget deficits will continue to grapple with diminished revenue until at least 2012, according to a new survey, Bloomberg reported.

A Tennessee state highway that is close to the site of a recent big rock slide near the North Carolina border will be closed for at least three weeks due to another rock slide, state officials said.

Intermodal traffic volume fell 16.4% in the third quarter, an improvement over the second quarter’s decline of 18.7%, the Intermodal Association of North American said Thursday.

American Trucking Associations and two state ATA affiliates, Maryland and Virginia, are taking issue with the District of Columbia’s new thrust on truck lengths and credential requirements.

Following an unusually rainy fall, the Missouri Department of Transportation is making it easier for farmers to haul their crops to market, the Associated Press reported.