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Crude oil prices shot above $60 a barrel early Tuesday after three days of declines, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. n the wake of Hurricane Dennis’ landfall on the Gulf Coast Sunday afternoon, Gulf of Mexico oil platforms reopened, reporting little or no damage from the storm, news services reported.

The intermodal unit of freight railroad CSX Transportation said June 29 it spent $395,000 to launch a new wireless data-and-voice communication system that should allow its 400 owner-operators to reduce their costs by lessening downtime, lowering cellphone bills and enabling them to find additional loads to haul.

The Technology & Maintenance Council has started broadcasting a weekly program on satellite radio dedicated to technical issues affecting the trucking industry.

Mobile wireless communications technology provider Qualcomm Inc. said Monday it has filed suit against Broadcom Corp. in federal court in San Diego for infringement of seven of Qualcomm’s patents.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. verall gasoline prices rose 9 cents to a record $2.33 a gallon for all grades of gasoline, according to the most recent Lundberg survey of filling stations.

Warehouses were once thought to be the over-the-hill segment of commercial logistics, the part that would wither because of computerized freight management and expedited transportation.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. verall trucking freight volumes rose 0.8% in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, the first increase in four months, American Trucking Associations said late Friday.

Air cargo shipments fell 3.8% in May compared with a year earlier, with both domestic and international shipments dropping, the Air Transport Association reported Monday.