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Petroleum refiner Motiva Enterprises has begun blending biodiesel with traditional motor fuel at a Dallas terminal, the Associated Press reported.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said Monday that it was expanding its Dunlop brand in North America to commercial trucks.

Air cargo shipments jumped 2.1% in February from a year earlier, though domestic shipments dipped 0.5%, the Air Transport Association said late Monday.

The American Transportation Research Institute is seeking motor carrier data to measure the effects of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours-of-service provision that substantially altered the exception affecting drivers’ ability to split sleeper berth time.

The Technology & Maintenance Council said it has created a special membership category for owner-operators, individuals who own or operate up to five power units.

The chairman of the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association said he sees an improving outlook for trailer makers as they prepare for TTMA’s annual meeting April 5-9 in Phoenix.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Freightliner’s top executive said the company would introduce a global engine platform in 2007, as scheduled, but the launch date has slipped a few months amid the complexity of developing the new powerplant.

The Institute for Supply Management said Monday its index of U.S. manufacturing fell in March, following an increase in February.

Chicago’s Dan Ryan Expressway, which carries 300,000 vehicles a day through Chicago’s South Side, is scheduled to be narrowed to six lanes from 14, beginning April 1, for a two-year construction project truckers said would create significant delays.

Interpool Inc., a maker of shipping containers and chassis for intermodal container transport, said late Friday that its 2005 net income was $60.5 million or $1.94 per share, compared with $7.9 million or 27 cents the previous year.