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Union Pacific Railroad opened a route through California’s Donner Pass to domestic double-stack intermodal container service, enabling the railroad to operate longer, faster trains.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general said the federal agency needs to work with Congress to develop a plan to fund the nation’s surface transportation network.

As customers seek ways to cut expenses and reduce their carbon footprint through the supply chain, warehouse operators are taking their own steps to trim energy use, optimize loads and automate processes.

The U.S. economy’s service sector contracted last month, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.

U.S. workers’ productivity surged in the third quarter to an annual rate of 8.1%, increasing at the fastest in six years, the Labor Department said Thursday.

American Trucking Associations Immediate Past Chairman Charles “Shorty” Whittington is attending the White House’s economic forum Thursday, which is being billed as a “jobs summit.”

Navistar International Corp. said Wednesday that one of its affiliates will create a joint venture with U.K.-based Modec Ltd. to build Class 2 and 3 all-electric commercial trucks in the United States for sale to North, Central and South American markets.

An index of U.S. manufacturing activity fell in November, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday.

Colorado and North Carolina have joined what is now nearly two dozen states banning texting while driving.