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Louisiana forbids the owner of a vehicle to offer a chassis or container in intermodal exchange that does not meet federal safety regulations, under a law signed July 16 by Gov. Mike Foster.

Central Freight Lines agreed to purchase the assets of Vecta Transportation Systems, a California-based less-than-truckload carrier.

Rush Enterprises will extend its heavy-duty truck sales network in the West with the planned purchase of assets from Southwest Peterbilt and Norm Pressley’s Truck Center.

Some truckload carriers joined their counterparts in the less-than-truckload sector in imposing rate surcharges after the average cost of diesel took another jump to $1.133 per gallon.

This afternoon's headlines: Ohio Turnpike traffic increases despite trucker protests of higher tolls; New rail service to rival trucking; and E-retailers eye overseas dollars.

In the news this morning: Ryder plans to sell bus unit; amid many sea changes, IKEA seeks consistency from carriers; and last of 'Big Dig' wage cases settled as law is under study.

CSX Corp. says it will sell Sea-Land Service, Inc.'s international liner business to A.P. Moller-Maersk Line for $800 million. The deal includes 70 ships and several container terminals.

A federal grand jury in Richmond, Va., charged a mother and two of her three sons with running a violent hijacking ring along the Interstate 95 corridor that preyed on independent truckers.

According to two General Accounting Office studies, the Defense Department isn't likely to choose a new way of shipping the household goods of service members any time soon.