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The Department of Transportation is sticking to its self-imposed deadline of completing an update to the federal hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers by year’s end, which means there will be no extension in the public comment period.

This afternoon's headlines: Simon Transportation rejects Moyes' offer to buy the carrier; GE Capital expected to buy Transamerica Leasing unit; and trucker hospitalized after stabbing at Minnesota rest area.

The entire trucking industry, not just the truck makers, is starting to pay the price for the go-go economy of the last five years, the head of Volvo Trucks North America said in a May 16 speech.

The relationship between original equipment manufacturers and the online parts exchanges is like that of an elephant to a mouse: The mouse is quick and can fit into small places, while the elephant is big and powerful but in some ways fears the mouse.

Proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules for truck drivers would come at a steep cost for tanker carriers, according to speakers at the National Tank Truck Carriers Association’s annual conference.

In the news this morning: Maine truckers wary of proposed EPA diesel pollution controls; Swiss government votes to remove transportation restrictions on heavy trucks; and QuoteShip to add ocean freight to its menu of services.

The American Transportation Research Institute said it selected three project teams to evaluate mobile idle reduction technologies on heavy-duty trucks.

It's official: Maritime Administrator Clyde J. Hart Jr. is taking over as chief of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for three months, starting today.

This afternoon's headlines: Polluting truckers soon will be fined in N.H.; Freightliner hires new ad agency; and truckers find themselves caught between booming economy, increasing traffic in the Albany, N.Y., area.

The National Tank Truck Carriers Association declined to take a formal vote May 17 on its future relationship with American Trucking Associations, hoping that time will allow the two groups to retain close relations.