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Oil fell under $100 a barrel Friday, the third straight daily decline, on signs that China’s manufacturing was declining and European economic growth slowed, Bloomberg reported.

Retail diesel prices increased for the second week in a row, rising 2.6 cents to $3.854 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported last week.

The Surface Transportation Board has revised a year-old decision that was meant to enhance consumer awareness of damage-protection options when they use household goods carriers.

Mirroring the devastation the recession wreaked on the trucking industry, revenue from taxes truckers pay to support the nation’s highway system plummeted during the global crisis and has yet to fully recover.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Officials of Daimler Trucks North America revealed details about their plans to turn what formerly had been known as Detroit Diesel into an integrated drivetrain brand, offering information on its new axle line and saying it soon would begin selling automated mechanical transmissions.

FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc. could see more business if the U.S. Postal Service closes more than half of its 478 processing centers, eliminates Saturday deliveries and slows first-class delivery to two to three days from one to two days, said sources who closely monitor postal cargo operations.

Trucking groups are divided whether a proposal to restrict companies’ abilities to pay civil penalties to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration while denying guilt would increase safety or bog the agency down with unnecessary litigation.

Robert Digges Jr., vice president and chief counsel for American Trucking Associations and a top attorney for ATA’s Litigation Center, is retiring from his post effective Jan. 27, ATA announced last week.

Trucking industry adoption of onboard anti-collision systems appears to be gaining steam after years of resistance, according to industry officials.