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The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents 4,500 locomotive engineers and conductors, reached an agreement with rail line Canadian Pacific on a revised tentative five-year contract settlement, CP said.

Severe floods in the Pacific Northwest have closed a stretch of Interstate 5 until at least Thursday, news reports said.

Private-equity firm Fenway Partners said Tuesday it has acquired a majority interest in East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Corp. and related companies, including Safeway Trucking Corp.

Ultra Logistics has launched a new version of its software program that it said will offer greater flexibility to shippers managing their supply chains.

Southern California’s ports are about to begin a multibillion-dollar program that is being watched all over the world to repair, replace or clean up engines to reduce pollution, the New York Times reported Monday.

The national average price of diesel pushed past a record level for the third time in four weeks, rising 3.4 cents a gallon to $3.444, the Department of Energy reported.

Teamsters union  leaders and representatives of Trucking Management Inc. said that National Master Freight Agreement talks were going well, two days after both sides exchanged contract proposals in Washington.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance said it is asking all the major North American heavy truck manufacturers to make anti-rollover technology standard equipment in their new vehicle packages.