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PierPass Inc. said that during the first two weeks of its OffPeak program that encourages trucks to enter and exit the port at night and on Saturday s to relieve congestion around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

The U.S. trade deficit widened to $58.8 billion in June as companies imported more crude oil and imports from China increased to a new record.

The price of goods imported into the United States rose by 1.1% in July, the Labor Department said Friday, pushed mostly by record high oil costs.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The price crude oil briefly topped $67 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg News reported Friday.

Click here to access the 2005 TT 100 for-hire and private fleet listings. he largest trucking businesses grew across the board in 2004, as the nation’s top for-hire carriers found new and innovative ways to haul more freight, despite rising costs for fuel and equipment and a tightening market for drivers.

Business inventories were unchanged in June as sales increased, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Officials in the Washington, D.C. area are again warning motorists, including truckers, to avoid a key bridge crossing over the Potomac River on Interstate 495 this weekend.

Retail sales rose 1.8% in July from the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

The number of U.S. workers filing for initial unemployment benefits fell 6,000 to 308,000 for the week ended Aug. 6, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Tropical Storm Irene gained strength in the Atlantic overnight and could become a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.