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Diesel fuel is projected to average $2.49 per gallon this year before retreating to $2.42 in 2007, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.

The Transportation Department’s transportation services index fell 0.1% in January from December, but the index’s freight component rose, DOT said Tuesday.

January factory orders declined following three straight increases, the Commerce Department said Monday.

U.S. chief executive officers expect to see continued strength in the economy over the next six months, especially in new hiring, according to a survey released late last week by the Business Roundtable, news services reported.

Overall air cargo shipments rose 1.2% in January from a year earlier, but domestic shipments dipped 0.5%, the Air Transport Association reported Tuesday.

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Detroit Diesel Corp., engine subsidiary of Freightliner LLC, said its 2007 Series 60 engines would cost more than current models and that new diesel particulate filters would account for about half the increase.

The Environmental Protection Agency said it expects a draft of a model truck idling law aimed at helping state and local governments create more consistent idling laws to be released later this year.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has certified Maddocks Systems’ TruckMate software package for tracking shipments between the United States and Canada, the company said.

SCS Transportation, the owner of two less-than-truckload carriers, settled a dispute with one of its major investors by placing a new member on the SCS board of directors, the two parties said Thursday.