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Sometime in the near future, a new generation of supersized containerships — up to 50% larger than current vessels — will make its first appearance on the East Coast of the United States.

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Lawmakers preserved language in a transportation funding bill that would block a federal pilot program allowing Mexican trucking companies to operate inside the United States, news services reported Friday.

The fuel price spiral has resumed, sending diesel and crude oil costs to never-before-seen levels, even as the economy stumbles along and fleets grapple with declining freight levels in 10 of the past 12 months.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. economy is likely to “slow noticeably” this quarter while high commodity prices and a weaker dollar may stoke inflation “for a time,” Bloomberg News reported Thursday.

Deutsche Post AG, parent of DHL Americas, said its third-quarter profit fell 35% as declining U.S. shipping volumes cramped earnings at its DHL Express unit, Bloomberg News reported.

Initial jobless claims fell by 13,000 last week to 317,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Express-1 Expedited Solutions said Thursday it earned $499,000 or 2 cents a share in the third quarter, down from with $905,000 or 3 cents last year.