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Less-than-truckload carrier Forward Air Corp. said Tuesday it signed an agreement to buy the airport-to-airport operations of truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. for $12.75 million.

Overall trucking freight volumes fell 0.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis to 114.3 in April, according to an American Trucking Associations index released late Friday.

Vitran Corp. said Tuesday it acquired Chris Truck Line, a regional less-than-truckload carrier based in Wichita, Kan., for $29.3 million.

With the increasing number of electrically driven components and greater demand for driver comforts, the desire for extra electrical capacity on trucks is becoming nearly insatiable. A technology that is finding growing use in trucking involves the use of capacitors.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil prices rose for a fifth straight day Friday, gaining 74 cents to close at $51.75 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported.

Surface trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico rose 5.6% in March to $59.4 billion from last March, the Department of Transportation reported Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. our report that Xora Inc. and Nextel Communications are working together on wireless technology that would enable global positioning system-based automated logs was a source of hope for drivers who would like to someday enjoy a reasonable lifestyle, balancing work and family.

The Airports Council International-North America said Friday that air cargo traffic grew 5% last year, while passenger traffic grew by 8% compared with a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he University of Michigan's final consumer sentiment index for May fell to 86.9, the fourth straight drop and the lowest level since September 2003, though it rose from a preliminary reading two weeks ago.