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FedEx Corp.’s less-than-truckload subsidiary FedEx Freight said it opened four new service centers and was expanding a fifth to meet growing demand throughout the United States.

Norfolk Southern Corp. and Canadian National Railway said Monday they would alter rail interchange patterns to streamline traffic at major U.S. gateways.

Mobile communications supplier Qualcomm Inc. said Swift Transportation, the nation’s third-largest truckload carrier, has agreed to equip all of its 35,000 trailers with Qualcomm’s untethered trailer tracking system.

Canada’s two largest freight railroads said they had reached agreements with labor unions representing their workers.

Cargo carriers have so far used fuel surcharges to blunt high fuel prices, but that could shift if oil prices continue to rise, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

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Canadian companies faced with the rising value of the Canadian dollar are being forced to become more efficient to compete internationally, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Overall trucking freight volumes fell 2.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis to 115.7 in February, according to an American Trucking Associations index released Monday.

Pilots at UPS Inc. said they would vote on whether to let their union call a strike if a new contract isn't reached, news services reported.

Kmart completed its purchase of Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $12.3 billion on Thursday, and the company said there would not be widespread store closings, news services reported..