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Regional less-than-truckload carriers New Penn Motor Express and USF Reddaway said Tuesday they will offer a new transcontinental service, making it easier for customers to get coast-to-coast coverage.

There is a dark side to logistics, where legitimate processes are replicated for personal gain as stolen, diverted, counterfeit and even illicit goods are delivered to clients right under our noses.

Repossessions and liquidations of tractor-trailer trucks nationwide rose in the fourth quarter, Nassau Asset Management said Wednesday.

Truckload and logistics firm XRG Inc. said Wednesday it has appointed Eddie Brown as its new chief executive officer, effective immediately.

Transportation firm CNF Inc. is proposing to its shareholders that it change its corporate identity to Con-way Inc. and adopt a new ticker symbol, CNW.

The index of U.S. leading economic indicators rose for a fourth month in January, as signals pointed to faster economic growth, Bloomberg reported.

Wal-Mart Stores said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 13% to $3.59 billion, or 86 cents a share, up from $3.16 billion, or 75 cents a year earlier.

FedEx Corp. said Tuesday that its FedEx Express unit has signed a two-year agreement with the Australian Trade Commission to expand trade between Australia and the United States.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A panel of experts said fuel transporters were working to develop handling procedures to prevent the contamination of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel as it is shipped through pipelines, saying the complexity of the system makes maintaining the fuel’s integrity difficult.

TAMPA, Fla. — Volvo Trucks North America said it would add a $7,500 technology “surcharge” to all its trucks sold in 2007, to offset the cost of meeting new emission standards that take effect Jan. 1.