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C.H. Robinson’s 4Q Profit Improves

Transportation and logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s fourth-quarter profit rose to $85.3 million, or 49 cents a share, from $71.8 million, or 41 cents, a year ago.

January 29, 2008

Diesel Price Average Falls 5.6¢ to $3.27

The U.S. national average retail diesel fuel price fell 5.6 cents a gallon last week to $3.27, while gasoline dipped 5.1 cents to $3.017, the Department of Energy said.

January 28, 2008

Diesel Dips 1.1¢ to $3.259

The average national price of diesel fuel fell for a third straight week, dropping 1.1 cents to $3.259 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.

January 29, 2008

Panel Urges Infrastructure Overhaul

WASHINGTON — In a controversial report calling for huge new spending on the national transportation system, a congressional commission last week made several recommendations that would affect trucking, including new flexibility in the federal driver hours-of-service rule in congestion-prone areas.

January 21, 2008

Diesel Drops 5.6¢ to $3.27

The average national price of diesel fuel fell for a second straight week, dropping 5.6 cents to $3.27 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.

January 22, 2008

Roundabouts Replacing Some Intersections in N.Y. State

New York state transportation planners are turning more right-angle intersections into roundabouts, which are derided by many but proven in a national study to be safer than some intersections with stop signs or traffic signals, the Associated Press reported.

January 15, 2008

Southern California Ports Set New Container Fees

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach voted Monday to charge a new $15 per-container fee on loaded cargo containers starting next January, the Associated Press reported.

January 15, 2008

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Linked to Design Flaw

A design flaw in steel plates contributed to the collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis last year that killed 13 people and injured more than 100, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing the National Transportation Safety Board.

January 16, 2008

Ontario-U.S. Truck Trips Drop

The number of cross-border truck trips between the Canadian province of Ontario and the United States fell for a third straight year in 2007 to the lowest point since 1998, the Ontario Trucking Association said Monday.

January 14, 2008

Gas Gains 10¢ to $3.07, Lundberg Says

The national average price for gasoline gained nearly 10 cents over the last three weeks, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

January 14, 2008