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A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration spokesman said the agency hoped to publish its intermodal chassis safety rule and a proposal to strengthen its new entrant audit program by the end of the year.

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Executives including the chairman of FedEx Corp. are urging Congress to take measures to ensure the United States becomes less reliant on imported oil, news reports said Wednesday.

Diesel prices will continue rising with little respite through May and will average $2.66 a gallon in 2007, which is 3 cents higher than its last forecast a month ago, the Department of Energy said in its monthly short-term energy outlook.

TNT Logistics, which was sold by Dutch parent TNT NV earlier this year, said Tuesday it changed its name Ceva Logistics.

DaimlerChrysler, the parent company of U.S. truck maker Freightliner, expects the U.S. truck market to improve by the end of 2007 which will allow it to reverse some impending layoffs, said Andreas Renschler, the head of the company's truck unit, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

The national average price of diesel fuel crept up 0.3 cent to $2.621 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

The number of heavy-duty trucks in use in the United States fell 0.6% in the third quarter, an indication that the expansion of hauling capacity by carriers may have peaked, according to industry analysts.

Trailer Bridge, which provides trucking, intermodal and marine freight services, said Tuesday it won a contract from Ford Motor Co. to move all new Ford vehicles to Puerto Rico, starting early next year.