Business

ERLANGER, Ky. — DHL Express officially opened the $46 million expansion of its U.S. air hub here in an effort to build market share and sustain double-digit package and express volume growth.

Five California motor carriers, the city of Long Beach and an environmental group have filed lawsuits attempting to block construction of a $500 million BNSF Railway intermodal terminal near the Port of Los Angeles.

Trucking officials have always said they are most willing to take part in Southern California’s campaign to clean up the air around its two great container ports. But it became clear very early on that the Port of Los Angeles was pursuing a regulatory agenda far beyond air quality.

An ever-increasing legal risk faced by interstate motor carriers, transportation intermediaries and private fleets involves disciplined or discharged drivers lodging whistle-blower claims against their employers.

Intermodal truckers, who have been fighting since 1997 to improve chassis maintenance, say that goal remains elusive today, four years after the rule meant to address the problem went into effect.

Researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit have been given a $175,000 grant to study whether different freeway speed limits for cars and trucks make roads safer or more dangerous.

Navistar International Corp.’s fiscal second-quarter loss more than doubled from a year earlier to $374 million because of slumping sales, a trend company executives said is being reversed as demand grows.

Officials in Washington state said the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River could reopen to traffic as early as this week, as crews work to install the temporary replacement of the span that collapsed May 23.

U.S. retail diesel prices continued their downward slide, dipping 2 cents more a gallon last week, the third straight decline, pushing the national average down to $3.849, the Department of Energy reported.

Industrial production was unchanged in May as utility output dropped, the Federal Reserve said.