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NEW YORK — Fleet executives warned that the continuing, though modest, rise in freight volumes won’t trigger an immediate surge in equipment orders.

FedEx Corp. last week said it doubled its quarterly profits, largely because of strong international business, and announced a major overhaul of its money-losing domestic less-than-truckload operations.

NEW YORK — Many carriers, particularly in the truckload sector, said they are winning rate increases from shippers that typically are at least 5%, reflecting the industry’s tight capacity.

When Joe Killeen heard that New York City needed participants for its trial off-hours delivery program, he did more than volunteer his Kearny, N.J., trucking firm, New Deal Logistics.

Fleets are intensifying their already aggressive recruiting efforts to find qualified applicants, as skilled prospects become harder to find, industry officials said.

The average cost of a gallon of diesel fuel in the United States rose 1.2 cents last week to $2.943 a gallon, the first increase in five weeks, the Department of Energy reported.

U.S. Class 8 truck sales climbed 23.5% in August from year-ago levels, pushing sales for the first eight months of 2010 to 16.5% higher than last year’s results for the comparable period, WardsAuto.com reported.

Air quality agencies tasked with reducing pollution in Southern California cannot impose emissions limits on idling trains, a federal appeals court ruled.

A federal judge has issued a final order that will allow the Port of Los Angeles to begin implementation of its employee-only clean trucks plan.

Consumer confidence declined this month, according to the latest Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.