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Truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services said it lost $2.8 million, or 29 cents a share, in the first quarter, compared with net income of $1.3 million, or 12 cents, a year earlier.

Chicago will receive more than $153 million in federal funds under a new congestion initiative, the U.S. Department of Transportation said.

Truckload carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services will put trailer-tracking units made by SkyBitz on its North American trailer fleet, the two said Monday.

The Montana Department of Transportation is exploring whether the state can impose limits on large-truck traffic on state Highway 35, the Associated Press reported.

The Illinois Department of Transportation said the number of highway construction work zone fatalities in the state has fallen by more than half in the past four years, the Associated Press reported.

WASHINGTON — The government should not only stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but also consider releasing oil to help lower the price of diesel fuel, Dave Berry, chairman of the American Trucking Associations’ environmental and energy policy committee, told Congress last week.

Volvo AB’s earnings rose 12% to about $707 million, as sales in Eastern Europe Russia offset North American declines, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Rail intermodal traffic fell 3.2% for the week ended Saturday compared with the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

Durable goods orders fell 0.3% in March, though bookings excluding transportation orders increased, the Commerce Department said Thursday.