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UPS announced Tuesday it will now offer three delivery time options for customers shipping packages internationally.

Diesel prices will rise starting this month for seven straight months into next year before falling back again, the Department of Energy said Tuesday, though it lowered its average price projection for 2007 by 3 cents to $2.63 a gallon.

Netherlands-based transportation company TNT NV said Saturday it had completed sale of its logistics business to U.S. private equity fund Apollo Management for 1.48 billion euros, or about $1.9 billion.

Former Swift Transportation Co. chief executive officer Jerry Moyes has made a $29 per-share offer to buy the truckload carrier, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Schneider National’s safety director said he was “99% certain” the firm would convert its entire 12,000-truck fleet to automatic transmissions beginning in 2007, part of a growing trend among carriers of all sizes.

Intermodal provider Celtic International said Monday it has launched a new express division to offer expedited services and less-than-truckload shipping in North America.

Air cargo shipments rose 3.8% in September compared with a year earlier, the Air Transport Association said Monday.

Gasoline prices fell 2 cents in the past two weeks to $2.18 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

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Intermodal volume set a new record of 3.7 million loads in the third quarter, increasing by 4.9% and topping the previous record set in the second quarter, the Intermodal Association of North America said Monday.