Business

Amazon.com Inc. filed several patents for a system of printing three-dimensional products on-demand from inside a delivery truck, the Wall Street Journal reported.

U.S. factory orders rose 0.2% in February, the first increase since July, the Commerce Department reported April 2.

The fewest Americans in nine weeks filed applications for unemployment benefits, a sign of further strength in the labor market that will continue to support the U.S. expansion.

Truckload driver-turnover rates remains stuck at historically high levels for fleets of all sizes, American Trucking Associations reported.

Intermodal rail traffic rose to a weekly average of 550,291 units in March, the highest weekly average for the month since 2007, the Association of American Railroads reported.

UPS Inc. plans to build 15 compressed natural gas fueling stations to support its purchase and deployment of 1,400 new CNG vehicles over the next year.

A recent review of federal data by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association concluded that more than 61,000 structurally deficient bridges nationwide require significant upgrades and repairs.

The Port of Baltimore said it received a federal grant to continue a popular program that replaces old diesel trucks serving the port with newer, cleaner trucks.

UTi Worldwide Inc. said its fiscal fourth-quarter loss nearly doubled to $103.2 million, or $1.02 per share, as results worsened in the freight forwarding unit and severance costs added to the loss.

BNSF Railway Co., the largest hauler of crude by rail, moved ahead of U.S. peers in the push for safety by reducing oil-carrying train speeds beyond an agreement last year between regulators and the railroads.