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Crude Oil Price Climbs to Highest Level Since 1990 • Allied Holdings Reports 1Q Loss • Maryland Considering Express Toll Lanes • Strong Supply Chains Help Business, Executives Say

Private truck fleets are undergoing a renaissance in corporate transportation. After a decade of mergers, consolidations and outsourcing — now with the growing challenges of heightened security demands, higher hours-of-service costs and shrinking capacity — American business is in the process of rediscovering the private fleet as a supply chain advantage.

The national average price of diesel fuel fell 0.1 cent to $1.717 per gallon, while gasoline hit a new record high, the Department of Energy said Monday.

Manufacturing activity grew in April for the 11th consecutive month, while the overall economy grew for the 30th consecutive month, factory purchasing managers reported Monday through the Institute for Supply Management.

Spurred by California truckers protesting high diesel prices, Union Pacific railroad will stop accepting cargo bound for state ports starting Monday so traffic does not bottleneck its operations, the Contra Costa (Calif.) Times reported.

Stonepath Lowers 1Q Estimates • UPS, Yahoo To Provide Online Shipping Tools • Xata Narrows 2Q Loss • Getloaded.com Chooses Software • And more ...

Yellow Roadway Says It Will Drop Bandag Deal • Construction Spending Jumps 1.5% in March • Crude Oil Price Stable Amid Strong Supply • Fuel Costs Boost Grocery Prices • Indiana Inspectors Lag in Pay, Paper Says • And more ...

The dream of a single transponder to handle many different electronic bypass and clearance functions for highway trucks may bump up against reality when it comes to finding a universal technology for U.S. border crossings.

Several truck drivers in California parked their rigs in the middle of some of the busiest highways in the United States to protest high fuel costs in the state, news services reported Friday.

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta accepted $573 million from the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority as early repayment of a federal loan that was used to launch the project.