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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year labor contract that will cover more than 25,000 workers at 29 West Coast ports, the groups said Tuesday in a joint statement.

Vehicle component supplier ArvinMeritor earned $44 million, or 60 cents a share in the quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $70 million, or 99 cents, a year ago, the company said Tuesday.

Universal Truckload Services, Warren, Mich., said it earned about $3.5 million, or 22 cents a share in the second quarter of 2008, down from $4.7 million, or 29 cents, in the 2007 quarter.

Refrigerated carrier Frozen Food Express Industries, Dallas, earned $274,000, or two cents a share, in the second quarter of 2008, compared with a loss of $661,000, or four cents, in the 2007 quarter, the company said late Monday.

Refrigerated carrier Frozen Food Express Industries, Dallas, earned $274,000, or two cents a share, in the second quarter of 2008, compared with a loss of $661,000, or four cents, in the 2007 quarter, the company said late Monday.

The national average price of retail diesel fell 11.5 cents to $4.603 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Wesley Kemp was appointed president and chief operating officer of less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System, the company said.

Bulk and tanker carrier Quality Distribution appointed Stephen Attwood its chief financial officer, the company said Monday.

European parcel courier TNT NV, Hoofddorp, Netherlands, said its second-quarter earnings declined to about $322 million, or 88.1 cents a share, from about $383.4 million, or 99.2 cents, a year earlier.