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Consumer confidence improved in May, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

DAF Trucks NV, a unit of U.S. truck maker Paccar Inc., plans to increase production at its main plant by about 5% to 192 vehicles per day starting in June to meet high European freight transport demand, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

New Jersey utility company Public Service Electric and Gas Co. Tuesday unveiled plans Tuesday to replace 1,300 vehicles with hybrids and making changes in other areas of its corporate fleet.

UPS Inc. would have to pay about up to $4 billion to cover its share of a Teamsters pension fund’s obligations, industry sources said.

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association has asked the Surface Transportation Board to delay a decision to end antitrust immunity for trucking rate bureaus.

Eight years ago, a busy day for load planner Rick Demitruk of Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc. meant dispatching 20 to 30 loads and shepherding them through to delivery.

Diesel fuel's national average price rose 3 cents to $2.803 a gallon last week, while retail gasoline spiked 11.5 cents to an all-time record of $3.218.

Allied Holdings, Decatur, Ga., the bankrupt parent of auto hauler Allied Automotive Group, on Friday said it named Mark Gendregske, the former head of Vector SCM, its new chief executive officer.