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The economy’s service sector growth continued to increase, showing a gain last month, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. said Wednesday it has expanded its Marion, Va., refrigerated trailer manufacturing plant to meet growing demand.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he March 27 headline loudly says: “New Study Faults Auto Drivers in 56% of Car-Truck Crashes.”

In the wake of a report last month on crashes involving large trucks, a spokesman for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the agency plans to further examine the role legal drug use, drivers’ hours of service and speed may play in such accidents.

Last month’s report on large truck crashes raises the question of what should be done from a program and policy standpoint to reduce the risk factors, such as speeding or following too closely, that are associated with accidents, said a trucking industry official.

We’re glad to see the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to further explore the results of its new crash-causation study.

Officials from the American Association of Port Authorities have warned Congress that federal funding for the nation’s ports is inadequate, American Trucking Associations said.

Heavy Trucks Warned About I-10 Bridge Speeding • DHS Wants Private Firms’ Cooperation on Containers • Prime Inc. to Make Lane-Warning System Standard

The average national retail price of diesel fuel jumped 5.2 cents to $2.617 a gallon, while gasoline soared 9 cents to $2.588, the Department of Energy said Monday.

Contrans Income Fund said Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of Spectrum Transport Ltd., a bulk transportation business in Western Canada and the Northwest United States.