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Trucking analysts have begun to debate whether a fleet-building trend among small truckload carriers might undermine efforts by big carriers to raise freight rates while avoiding major fleet expansions.

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J.B. Hunt's Profits Surge in 1Q • XRG Completes Purchase of Two Truckload Carriers • Trade Gap Narrows in February • Eaton's Profit Rises 86% • And more...

Prices paid by U.S. consumers rose 0.5% in March, boosted by rising energy costs, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

The Environmental Protection Agency may delay an August deadline for trucking companies to detail how they plan to contain oil spills on their property, David Evans, the head of the agency’s oil program, said last week.

Freight broker VHI Transport got a last-minute call late in the day in March from one of its regular customers, a beverage bottler. Because a motor carrier had backed out of an agreement, the shipper had a load of empty bottles that had to be delivered 200 miles away by the next morning or the manufacturer would incur extensive penalties.

Railroads to Start Sending Electronic Manifests in July • Distribution of Security Funds Upsets Some States • Ridge: Private Sector Must Help Fund Security Efforts • Coalition: 11 States Lag in License Security

Business Inventories Rise 0.7% in February • Vitran Raises Guidance After CN Strike Ends • Goodyear Reduces Profits by $65 Million • C.H. Robinson Alters Method of Accounting • And more...

March sales at retailers rose 1.8%, the largest increase in a year, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

The average retail price of diesel fuel rose 3.1 cents to $1.679 per gallon, and gasoline set another record after a 0.6-cent increase, the Department of Energy reported Monday.