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ABF Freight System Inc., the less-than-truckload unit of Arkansas Best Corp., said Wednesday it would raise its general freight rates on June 14.

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Less-than-truckload carriers said they boosted profits in the first quarter both because the strengthening economy had improved business generally and because shippers were shifting some freight away from the tightening truckload sector.

NEW YORK — Motor carriers here said an inability to hire and retain qualified drivers continued to prevent them from adding capacity and the problem would not be resolved until the industry increased driver pay..

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LAS VEGAS — The National Tank Truck Carriers announced plans for President Cliff Harvison to retire at the end of 2005 after 32 years at the helm, and for current Vice President John Conley to then fill the top post.

Manufacturing in New York state expanded in May for a 13th consecutive month, but at a slightly slower pace than the month before, a Federal Reserve survey released Monday showed.

The average retail price of diesel fuel rose 1.8 cents to $1.763 per gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday, and is now only 0.8 cent below its record high.

NEW YORK — Experiments by three truckload carriers revealed that post-October 2002 diesel engines have been reasonably durable and that traditional trade cycles for rolling stock work well, their executives said.