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Classes 4-7 retail truck sales for the month decreased 14.7% to 17,019 from the 19,942 units during the prior-year period, Omdia Automotive reported.

Echo Global Logistics expanded its consolidated refrigerated less-than-truckload service with a new facility in Sacramento, Calif., the company said April 14.

Trukker, a UAE-based business, experienced a 30% increase in its road shipments in March based on full truckloads.

The Tennessee-based carrier's current customer base is led by three verticals: industrial (30%), transportation and logistics (15%) and consumer goods (14%).

Industrial metals have been whipsawed since the Middle East war erupted at the end of February. They were initially hit by fears of soaring energy costs.

Trucker Path expanded the loads available in its mobile app platform by partnering with freight technology platform Truckstop, the companies announced April 14.

Local news reports included witness descriptions of a chaotic scene in which some drivers fled through nearby residential yards to evade the ICE agents.

National average diesel prices sat at $5.65 a gallon on April 13, more than 60 cents above their previous high-water mark for this time, set in 2022.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell 3.8% to $95.56. That’s still above its $70 level from before the war.

Carrier Logistics has been acquired by midmarket private equity firm STG Partners in a move aimed at accelerating the development of agentic artificial intelligence.