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A series of refinery shutdowns last week pushed the price of diesel fuel to $1.443 per gallon last week, while the price of gasoline soared to $1.619. The weekly increase in the gasoline price, which was 4.8 cents, was eight times as great as the diesel increase of 0.6 cent.

Canadian and U.S. carriers hauling lumber into the U.S. from Canadian mills are caught in the middle of an international dispute that is hurting their business, according to Paul Landry of the British Columbia Trucking Association.

A federal court in Alabama ruled that a shipper cannot go through the state courts to sue a trucking company for alleged cargo damage.

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Already faced with a steep drop in truck sales and an overabundance of used equipment, truck dealers can ill afford more bad news. But they are getting it in the form of a credit crunch.

The situation in the big-truck market has been described as “the perfect storm,” after the hit movie that described a situation when a series of weather elements combined to create a once-in-a-lifetime killer tempest.

After a fitful start, selling trucks online appears to be catching on. ruck dealers see it as another marketing avenue to help them deal with rising inventories of vehicle trades and repossessions, and a growing number of owner-operators and small fleet owners are logging on to shop for good deals and trucks with special characteristics they want.

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In a hopeful but mixed sign for the manufacturing economy -- a huge customer base for the trucking industry –- the U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday that overall new orders for durable goods from U.S. factories rose 3% in March.