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Southern California's ports should be able to handle another record year of cargo imports without major disruptions, but infrastructure improvements will likely be needed in coming years to keep up, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

Crude oil prices jumped for a second day Wednesday, rising 33 cents to $66.40 a barrel following a Department of Energy report that showed drops in gasoline and distillate inventories, Bloomberg reported.

FedEx Custom Critical Wednesday introduced introduces a new service that provides users with additional delivery options and cost savings for expedited freight shipments.

U.S. consumer confidence rose this month following a three-month low in February, the Conference Board said Tuesday.

Universal Truckload Services late Monday said it had promoted Mark Limback president of unit Universal Am-Can Ltd.

The Furia Organization, which owns a third-party logistics firm, said late Monday it had signed a letter of intent to buy truckload carrier Little Trucking.

An Ohio firm won a $1 million state grant to help develop fuel cells as a clean power source for the trucking industry, the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper reported Tuesday.

An Illinois state representative has introduced a bill that would require postings on roads to show clearly which are truck routes, the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat newspaper reported.

Bankrupt parts-maker Delphi Corp. has offered United Auto Workers members $50,000 each in exchange for a 35% pay cut, Bloomberg reported.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — International, Kenworth, Peterbilt and Volvo unveiled new aerodynamically designed trucks at the Mid-America Trucking Show here, and Freightliner said its 2007 heavy-duty trucks would cost $7,000 to $10,000 more than comparable 2006 models.