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I’ve just returned from my third trip to China in the past five years and continue to be amazed by — and envious of — the high-growth economy there.

Swift Transportation Co. has ordered 3,100 dry van trailers from Wabash National Corp., with deliveries scheduled to be spread over 12 months, the companies said.

Third-party logistics firm Ozburn-Hessey Logistics said that it has hired Greg Sanders as president of transportation services within its North American unit.

Prices paid to U.S. producers fell 0.6% in February, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Senate Democrats overcame a Republican filibuster of a bill aimed at decreasing unemployment that includes a long extension of the federal highway program.

Congress should include comprehensive funding policies in the upcoming transportation reauthorization bill both to modernize freight transportation and reduce diesel emissions, an environmental group said in a new report.

While the air at the Port of Los Angeles is cleaner, the owners of than two-thirds of the 2,200 drayage trucks purchased with $20,000 in port emissions reduction incentive grants face financial penalties because their trucks will not make the required minimum 300 gate moves during their first year of operation, port officials said.

Housing starts fell 5.9% in February, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.