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Roger Nober, the former chairman of the Surface Transportation Board, has been elected a partner at the transportation practice group at Steptoe & Johnson, a Washington-based lobbying firm.

The University of Michigan said its consumer sentiment index remained unchanged at 86.7 in March, Bloomberg reported Friday.

President Bush signed a measure into law Thursday aimed at reducing the number of counterfeit manufactured goods.

U.S. factories increased their output in February, rebounding from a decline the previous month, according to a report released Friday by the Federal Reserve.

Saying it was concerned trucking could lose some of its operating flexibility, the American Trucking Associations said it has intervened on the side of the federal government in a lawsuit by Public Citizen that challenges the revised driver hours-of-service rule.

Intermodal traffic rose last week relative to the same period in 2005, according to a report published Thursday by the Association of American Railroads reported.

The price of crude oil fell 40 cents, or 0.6%, to $63.18 a barrel in Friday morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange after a pair of reports eased concerns about the ability of the United States to withstand possible supply disruptions, Bloomberg News reported.

Third-party logistics provider APX Logistics Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection, according to financial documents filed by Werner Enterprises Thursday.

Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. said late Thursday it will from the domestic intermodal container market by the end of March.

Most airline travelers are familiar with Southwest Airlines and its efficient, speedy approach to boarding. Say what you will about that process, Southwest’s swift turnaround time is the envy of the airline industry.