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Universal Truckload Services, Warren, Mich., said it earned about $3.5 million, or 22 cents a share in the second quarter of 2008, down from $4.7 million, or 29 cents, in the 2007 quarter.

Refrigerated carrier Frozen Food Express Industries, Dallas, earned $274,000, or two cents a share, in the second quarter of 2008, compared with a loss of $661,000, or four cents, in the 2007 quarter, the company said late Monday.

Refrigerated carrier Frozen Food Express Industries, Dallas, earned $274,000, or two cents a share, in the second quarter of 2008, compared with a loss of $661,000, or four cents, in the 2007 quarter, the company said late Monday.

The national average price of retail diesel fell 11.5 cents to $4.603 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Wesley Kemp was appointed president and chief operating officer of less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System, the company said.

Bulk and tanker carrier Quality Distribution appointed Stephen Attwood its chief financial officer, the company said Monday.

European parcel courier TNT NV, Hoofddorp, Netherlands, said its second-quarter earnings declined to about $322 million, or 88.1 cents a share, from about $383.4 million, or 99.2 cents, a year earlier.

Effective Monday, speed limits on part of Interstate 495 in Northern Virginia began changing along with traffic conditions, the Associated Press reported.

Gasoline prices dropped 11.7 cents in the two weeks ended Friday to a national average of $3.9959 a gallon, the first time in more than a month that the average has fallen below $4 a gallon, the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations said.