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Transportation and third-party logistics firm Pacer International’s first-quarter net income rose 22% to $13.9 million or 36 cents a share, from $11.4 million or 30 cents a year ago.

The national average price of a gallon of diesel fuel edged up 2 cents to $2.896 as trucking’s main fuel continued to track toward the record highs set last fall, the Department of Energy said Monday.

Specialty truck maker Oshkosh Truck Corp. said Tuesday it earned $49.8 million or 67 cents a share for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, up from $38.2 million or 52 cents a year ago.

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters rallied around the country Monday, slowing or stopping work at some key trade ports, news services reported.

Private fleet operators are beginning to confront some of the same challenges facing for-hire carriers in terms of capacity, rising costs and a growing shortage of qualified truck drivers, according to industry officials and fleet managers.

American Trucking Associations late Monday unveiled a new Security Council it said “reflected the heightened importance of trucking industry security in a post 9-11 atmosphere.”

Ten states, led by California, filed suit Tuesday in San Francisco in an attempt to force the Bush administration to strengthen fuel-economy rules for light trucks, Bloomberg reported.

Auto transporter Allied Holdings said late Monday that some of its subsidiaries had been granted interim relief from their union contracts, as the company had requested in April.

Air cargo shipments jumped 6% in March from a year earlier, the Air Transport Association said Tuesday.

Executives with technology firms and carriers said mapping software that optimizes delivery routes is becoming an important tool for reducing expenses as fuel prices rise.