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Information Technology firm Computer Sciences Corp. has been awarded a contract by the Maryland State Highway Administration to help enhance the state’s Coordinated Highways Action Response Team system, the company said Monday in a statement.

Oil refiner Western Refining will acquire petroleum product manufacturer Giant Industries, the company said Monday in a release.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. unveiled a new line of Class 8 products it says would increase fleet fuel efficiency by up to 8%.

Tighter federal emissions standards for railroad locomotives, expected to be proposed late this year, would increase the cost of rail equipment, rail and diesel representatives said.

Trucking executives said they anticipate a shortage of tank truck capacity in the coming months, as demand for ethanol and ultra-low-sulfur-diesel fuel grows, while the Government Accountability Office said it was about to begin a study of the nation’s renewable-fuel infrastructure.

Gasoline prices fell 15.5 cents in the past two weeks to $2.87 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

Reports that Tropical Storm Ernesto will not strike the Gulf of Mexico sent crude oil prices down $2.01 to close at $70.50 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported Monday.

MGM Transport Corp. has launched new less-than-truckload service offerings from Mississippi to Southern California and the Northeast, the carrier said Friday in a release.

The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Langston University will form a consortium to conduct transportation-related research in Oklahoma, the Tulsa World newspaper reported Thursday.

I have been in the trucking industry for 27 years as both driver and management. Once more, the government is proving that more government in anything is not always a good thing.