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The economy continued to expand in January and February, with most of the 12 Federal Reserve districts reporting increases in economic acivity including freight services, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

House members began debate on provisions of a six-year highway reauthorization bill Wednesday, including consideration of efforts to amend federal hours-of-service rules for truck drivers.

The average price of retail price diesel fuel rose again, climbing five cents to $2.168 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

A shrinking labor supply coupled with high demand for truckload service has forced carriers to adopt new operating strategies and rethink the way they recruit, retain and reward drivers, said industry executives interviewed by Transport Topics.

The Federal Railroad Administration said it has set new standards governing systems that would help trains avoid collisions.

The Department of Transportation Tuesday announced more than $740 million in emergency relief funds for 34 states and territories that suffered highway and bridge damage from flooding, earthquakes, other natural disasters or emergency situations.

Navistar International Corp. said Tuesday it won a contract from the U.S. Army with a potential value of $467 million to provide trucks to the Afghanistan Army.

Truckload holding company XRG Inc. said Tuesday it received a credit facility of up to $10 million with Capco Financial.

A Senate panel moved forward the nomination of Michael Jackson to be deputy secretary of the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security following a hearing Monday.