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Diesel's national average fell half a cent to $2.956 a gallon, marking the sixth decline in seven weeks, the Department of Energy said.

Oil fell almost $3 in early trading Tuesday, the most in three weeks, to below $76 a barrel as reports said the Chinese economy was expanding less than forecast, Bloomberg reported.

Consumer confidence declined this month following the highest level in more than two years in May, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

June is National Safety Month, a particularly relevant observance this year as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration makes final revisions to its operational model for the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program, with implementation expected as early as December.

The Senate confirmed former FBI deputy director John Pistole to be head of the Transportation Security Administration - the first time the post has been filled during the Obama administration, the Washington Post reported.

Although trucking companies do not yet face a legal mandate to report their carbon emissions, some shippers continue to demand such disclosure, forcing truckers to choose between several complex reporting methods, the American Transportation Research Institute said.

A new study has found that nationwide adoption of a low-carbon fuel standard would increase the retail cost of motor fuel by as much as 170% over a 10-year period.

Ryder System Inc., Miami, said it won a patent for supply chain management tools and methods that pool data from shippers, carriers and consignees on the Web.

Consumers' personal spending rose 0.2% in May, the Commerce Department said Monday.

Gasoline's national average price rose a nickel to $2.76 a gallon in the two weeks ended Friday, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations.

Trucking and supply chain firm NFInbsp;Industries said Tuesday it has acquired IPD, a global transportation and logistics company based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Diesel and gasoline both rose for the first time in six weeks, with diesel gaining 3.3 cents to $2.961 a gallon, the Department of Energy said.

Sales of existing home fell 2.2% in May, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. said it has begun production on 350 new refrigerated van trailers for Frozen Food Express Industries, to be completed by September.

The past 10 months have seen a precipitous decline in the quality of driver applicants. There are recruiters everywhere saying, "Good applicants are getting scarce."

Truck dealership Rush Enterprises has signed an agreement to sell its John Deere construction equipment business for $37 million.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to propose fuel efficiency standards starting with model year 2016 commercial medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicles, and said it will prepare and environmental impact statements as part of the procedure.

Passenger car tolls will rise July 1 on seven state-owned bridges that crisscross the San Francisco Bay, while truck tolls will jump a year and two years from then, according to the Bay Area Toll Authority.

Applied LNG Technologies said it is supplying liquefied natural gas to Speedy Fuel's first LNG fueling station to serve the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

U.S. diesel demand is rising at the fastest pace in five years as the economy expands and truckers haul more goods, boosting profits for refiners, Bloomberg reported Monday.