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Orders for durable goods rose in the United States rose 0.7% in June, the first increase in three months, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Motor carrier executives and shipper groups last week said they were uncertain how the court decision throwing out the new driver hours-of-service rules would affect fleet operations in coming weeks.

Without resolution to issues at America’s ports, the future of intermodal freight capacity is at stake. ATA is calling on the businesses that operate near U.S. ports to help bring relief to millions of Americans who move our nation’s intermodal freight..

The New Jersey Supreme Court on July 19 struck down the state’s $212 hazardous materials transporter fee, in a decision stemming from a suit American Trucking Associations had brought against the state.

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Transportation equipment lessor Xtra Corp. said Tuesday that Bill Franz was named the company's new chief executive officer.

About one-fifth of America’s largest private carriers bucked a long-term trend of contraction last year by in-creasing fleet size by at least 50 heavy-duty tractors, according to research for the 2004 edition of the Transport Topics 100 list of the largest U.S. and Canadian private carriers.

The Conference Board said Tuesday its consumer confidence rose to 106.1 in July, the highest level since June 2002, from a revised 102.8 in June..

New home sales in the United States fell 0.8%in June from a record pace in May, but it was still the second-fastest on record, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.