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Ultra-low-sulfur diesel’s lower energy content will force truckers to buy more fuel to run the same number of miles, driving fuel expenses up — a cost they can’t recoup through surcharges, trucking executives and engine manufacturers said.

Information technology firm Siricomm said it named Bill Graham chief executive officer to succeed Hank Hoffman.

The owner of the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest international truck crossing in the United States, filed an application July 13 to build another span of the bridge linking the United States and Canada.

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Arkansas Best Corp., the parent of less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System, said Monday its second-quarter profit rose to $32.3 million or $1.26 cents a share, up from $23.4 million or 91 cents a year earlier.

Gasoline prices rose 1 cent in the past two weeks, up to a record level of $3.01 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

Transportation firm Con-way Inc. said it has reached an agreement to sell its expedited transportation unit, Con-way Expedite & Brokerage, to Panther Expedited Services Inc. in a deal valued between $7 million and $8 million.

Third-party logistics provider Hub Group Inc. reported late Thursday that its net income increased to $12.5 million, or 30 cents a share, up from $7.9 million or 19 cents a share last year.

Cummins Turbo Technologies has opened a new manufacturing plant in Charleston, S.C., the company said Friday in a release

SCS Transportation reported Thursday a loss of $35.9 million, or $2.47 for the second quarter, compared with a loss of $33.6 million or $2.31 a share a year ago.