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GE Capital Transportation Finance announced June 1 it has launched a fuel-card services program designed for over-the-road trucking companies.

The Pasha Group said May 29 it completed its acquisition of the Hawaii trade-lane business of Horizon Lines Inc.

DHL said May 29 it is investing $108 million in its Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport hub to meet growth demand in international e-commerce and global trade growth.

U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico fell in in March from a year ago to $96.1 billion, but three of five transportation modes — trucks, railroads and air — rose year-over-year, the Department of Transportation reported.

Component maker Accuride Corp. signed a multiyear agreement with Daimler Trucks North America to supply its cast-and-machined Gunite brake drums to Daimler’s aftermarket parts group.

GE Capital Canada said it has signed an agreement with Shell Canada Products to facilitate the trucking industry’s adoption of liquefied natural gas in that country.

Diesel’s national average price rose a penny to $2.914 a gallon, the sixth straight increase for trucking's main fuel, the Department of Energy reported.

U.S. ports logged higher cargo movements in April from a year ago, with the Port of Long Beach, California, reporting that its tonnage rose to the highest level for the month in six years.

Truck tonnage growth slowed to the lowest level in more than two years in April, gaining 1% over the same month last year, American Trucking Associations reported.