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Michigan Enacts Biodiesel, Ethanol Tax Breaks • Saudis, Chevron Testing Method to Extract More Oil • S.C. Using High-Tech Radar to Catch Speeders

The average national price of retail diesel fuel climbed 2 cents to $2.918 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Penske Logistics said Monday that auto and truck parts manufacturer Eaton Corp. had chosen it to be the lead logistics provider for Eaton’s North American automotive and truck segments.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance unveiled a plan to reduce polluting emissions in the freight transportation sector that calls for use of various technologies to help trucks reduce emissions.

U.S. payrolls rose by 121,000 in June and the unemployment rate held at 4.6%, matching last month's four-year low, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Mexican ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon was declared the winner of Mexico’s disputed presidential race Thursday, but his leftist rival vowed to challenge the results in court, which could take until September to decide, the Associated Press reported.

With diesel fuel prices at sky-high levels and volatile, some large shippers are joining for-hire fleets in seeking cost stability by turning to buying and selling options on financial futures contracts — or hedging.

The late Mike Russell of American Trucking Associations was a good man, and the transportation world will miss his rich, booming, made-for-broadcast voice for a long time to come.

Norman Mineta has been an exceptional secretary of Transportation and we’re going to miss him at the helm of the nation’s transport efforts.

Oil retreated from a new record intraday high Friday of $75.78 a barrel after signs of a decrease in tension between the West and Iran, news services reported.