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Transportation provider UniGroup Inc. has introduced a new logistics company, UniGroup Worldwide Logistics.

Truckers and freight brokers who use freight-matching Internet load boards would do well to remember that in cyberspace, things are not always as they appear.

The world’s two largest oil companies reported multi-billion-dollar second-quarter profits, up from a year ago, on higher crude oil prices.

The U.S. Postal Service said it lost $3.1 billion in its fiscal third quarter ended in June, compared with a $3.5 billion loss a year ago.

Tim Bailey Jr. will be the third generation of Baileys representing West Virginia in the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships this week in Orlando, Fla.

States would have an easier time permitting trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds on interstate highways under a U.S. Senate bill introduced last month, its sponsor said.

Daimler Trucks North America has announced the availability of its TruckerNet commercial driver support application for BlackBerry devices.

Faced with the expiration in September of federal transportation taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, highway advocates say they are increasingly worried that the anti-tax, anti-government rancor that characterized the debt ceiling battle could endanger the nation’s transportation system.

Freight brokerage firm Echo Global Logistics is involved in an expansion strategy through acquisition, the CEO of the Chicago-based company said in an interview.