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Ryder System Inc. became the third publicly traded trucking industry company to lower third-quarter earnings expectations by announcing that its profits would be 10 cents per share to 13 cents per share below its earlier forecast.

Ryder challenged a team of its technicians to repair a tractor that had run over a spike strip, drove through an exploding debris field and was hit with a 2-ton wrecking ball as part of its “Project Rebirth.”

Ryder System Inc. has developed a technology platform designed to help private fleets and shippers determine the most efficient transportation option for a particular load at a given time.

Ryder System Inc. and Freightliner Trucks said they have supplied new compressed natural gas-fueled trucks to several companies and fleets.

Ryder System said it will offer customers a female-friendly vehicle package for lease, which it described as the first of its kind in the trucking industry.

Ryder System Inc. has announced that its fleet of natural-gas vehicles has surpassed 30 million miles.

Ryder System said Nov. 12 it signed an agreement with Mansfield Clean Energy Partners to offer compressed natural gas to bulk fuel haulers, a segment of the transportation industry that consumes more than 500 million gallons of fuel annually.

Quebec-based Canadian American Transportation Inc. signed a lease agreement with Ryder System Inc. for 100 compressed natural gas sleeper tractors in what Ryder said was its largest natural-gas deal to date in North America.