Diesel’s national average retail price fell for a third straight week, dropping 4 cents to a five-year-low $2.824 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported March 30.

February net trailer orders fell 30% from a year ago to 20,700 units, ACT Research Co. reported.

Onboard truck technology firm PeopleNet announced the availability of an introductory version of Cummins Connected Diagnostics on the current PeopleNet g3 platform.

National carriers C.R. England and Celadon Group Inc. announced new pay packages for their drivers.

Regional less-than-truckload carrier Dayton Freight Lines introduced a new expedited service using ground and air transportation.

Food and beverage company Dean Foods Co. will roll out 64 compressed natural gas-powered Freightliner trucks in the next few months, and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. will build a CNG station to fuel the mix of heavy- and medium-duty vehicles.

American Intermodal Container Manufacturing has named former Navistar Inc. executive Jack Allen as its chairman, the company said March 24.

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling some model year 2007-2011 Freightliner Cascadia trucks due to possible damage from water leaks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a recall announcement.

Diesel’s national average price dropped 5.3 cents to $2.864, the second straight decline after five increases, the Department of Energy reported March 23.

Penske Logistics said it reached agreement to buy third-party logistics firm Transfreight North America from Mitsui & Co. Terms were not disclosed.