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Peterbilt Motors Co. on July 10 announced it is now producing its new Model 579 truck, launched at the Mid-America Trucking Show in March.

Manufacturing activity in the New York region expanded in July, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday.

The coolers at the heart of exhaust gas recirculation systems that have been present on diesel truck engines since 2002 have been failing at a worrisome rate, according to several fleet managers.

Federal officials ordered an Alabama-based carrier shut down, saying it is an “imminent hazard to the public,” and a “reincarnation” of a carrier that was shut down in May.

Business inventories rose 0.3% in May, the Commerce Department said Monday.

Technology distributor Ingram Micro Inc. said it has agreed to purchase BrightPoint Inc., a provider of logistics services to the wireless industry, for about $840 million, the companies announced in a joint statement July 2.

Retail sales declined 0.5% in June, the Commerce Department said Monday.

Electronic sensors and enforcement are being credited as reducing the number of truck related crashes in Washington State, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. Department of Transportation Orders MTI Transportation, LLC to Shut Down
FMCSA finds Alabama-based trucking company to be imminent safety hazard
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today ordered Alabama-based truck company MTI Transportation, LLC, to immediately cease all transportation services based on evidence that it was a chameleon operation for two unsafe truck companies previously shut down by the agency.

The Detroit-Windsor tunnel connecting the U.S. and Canada was scheduled to reopen late Thursday after being closed for about four hours due to a bomb threat, news services reported.