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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Maritech Leasing said they reached accord on the first new contract between the union and a port trucking company in more than 20 years.

Total air cargo shipments rose 0.3% in April compared with a year earlier, following a 3.1% year-over-year drop in March, the Air Transport Association reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he average price of U.S. retail diesel fuel rose 7.4 cents to $2.234 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Quality Distribution Inc. said its chairman and chief executive officer, Thomas Finkbiner, resigned and has been replaced by Gerald Detter, former CEO of Con-Way Transportation Services, effective Monday.

CNF Inc. Monday named five company executives to lead its Con-Way Transportation Services and Menlo Worldwide units.

The Department of Transportation said Monday its transportation services index rose 1.2% in March from February.

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved its portion of energy legislation that would increase the use of biofuels such as biodiesel and ethanol.

Virginia Department of Transportation chief Philip Shucet said last week he was resigning as commissioner at the end of June, the Washington Post reported.

With Congress poised to devote nearly $300 million as early as this summer for highway construction and upkeep, political leaders in southern states are banding together to get more funding for their region, the Associated Press reported.