U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico rose 4.4% in August to $100.6 billion from a year ago, the Department of Transportation reported Oct. 23.

September container traffic rose 7.3% at the Port of Long Beach, California, from the same month last year, marking the busiest September since 2007, the port’s peak year.

Diesel fell 4.2 cents, its biggest decline in a year and a half, to $3.656 a gallon, while gasoline continued its free-fall, the Department of Energy reported Oct. 20.

The South Carolina Ports Authority said Oct. 20 it received the first ship call from a new consolidated East Coast-South America service that brings additional post-Panamax vessels to the Port of Charleston.

Diesel dropped 3.5 cents to $3.698 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported, as oil prices fell to the lowest level in more than two years.

Diesel’s fourth-quarter national average pump price will fall to $3.68 per gallon, the Department of Energy said Oct. 7, lowering its most recent forecast by 6 cents.

TransForce Inc. and Contrans Group Inc. said they have extended the expiration date for TransForce to acquire Contrans’ shares until Oct. 31.

Diesel fell 2.2 cents to $3.733 a gallon, its 14th straight week without an increase and 25th decline in the past 30 weeks, the Department of Energy reported Oct. 6.

Daseke Inc. announced Oct. 3 that it is buying Lone Star Transportation, which it called one of the premier open-deck carriers in North America, with nearly 500 tractors and 1,500 diverse open-deck trailers.