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Gene Scoggins, president of the NationaLease truck-leasing organization, is retiring after 37 years in the transportation industry.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. reported a $20.9 million loss, or 29 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, compared with a profit of $13.8 million, or 18 cents a share, in the year-earlier period.

Truckload carrier Dart Transit Co. said it has assigned seven tractors powered by compressed natural gas to dedicated service for Andersen Window Corp.

Fleets that have embraced nitrogen tire inflation said the practice extends service life and improves fuel efficiency, but tire makers stop short of endorsing use of the gas in their products.

Hallelujah, a new highway bill has actually managed to make it successfully through one of the houses of Congress.

Women now comprise more than half the working population and are visible in management and professional careers, and yet they still represent less than 4% of Fortune 500 CEOs, according to Catalyst, a nonprofit organization concerned with expanding opportunities for women in business.

WASHINGTON — The leader of Sweden-based Volvo AB said the largest challenges in broader adoption and further development of alternative-fuel vehicles are the maturity of the technology and fueling infrastructure.

General Electric Co. and Chesapeake Energy Corp. have signed a three-year agreement to accelerate the adoption of natural gas.

The use of liquefied natural gas as a U.S. truck fuel has a diverse array of proponents, including President Obama, ATA Chairman Dan England, corporations such as UPS Inc. and Ryder System and environmental activists. But as of now, the super-cold fuel is hard to find.

The ongoing shift of intermodal chassis ownership from ocean carriers to truckers and lessors could encounter a new jolt as the International Longshoremen’s Association promised to keep the repairing of chassis a key negotiating issue in contract talks that begin next week.