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Jorge Martinez of Mexico, who has been on the board since 2014, will become vice-chairman in 2018 and chairman in 2020.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The trucking industry can play a major role in creating quality apprenticeship programs that could teach the skills needed to put some of the nation’s nearly 7 million job seekers to work, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said.

U.S. Xpress reached a deal to spend more than $200 million to buy 1,400 International LT semi-tractor sleeper trucks and 265 day cabs from Navistar International Corp.

Transportation industry technology executive first addition in Board of Directors expansion.

Mack Trucks is hauling a heavy payload of orders, following a robust third quarter in which the manufacturer that assembles its vehicles in the Lehigh Valley received a flurry of interest from customers.

Volvo Trucks dealer Vanguard Truck Centers recently added to its portfolio of locations with the acquisition of a Houston, Texas-based Volvo dealership located on the I-10 corridor near the I-610 interchange in east Houston.

ORLANDO, Fla. ­— With the electronic logging device mandate fast approaching, the leader of American Trucking Associations emphasized that a delay will not occur, cementing the industry’s long-held view on the rule during his annual state of the industry address.

Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG were inspected by European Union antitrust investigators as the EU stepped up a probe into allegations the German car industry colluded on technology for decades.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Like a long novel by Charles Dickens, the story of trucking now is one of adversity and opportunity on many key fronts. The for-hire industry faces a shortage of 50,000 drivers by the end of the year — an all-time high. The North American Free Trade Agreement needs updating, but the process appears frozen in adversarial positions. At the same time, truckload freight has grown 4% over the past five months, and trucking responded admirably to recent natural disasters, panelists here said.