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A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration revealed fatal crashes involving large trucks fell 3.7 percent year-over-year in 2014.

A House measure that would allow companies to ask the International Trade Commission to reduce or suspend tariffs on chemicals or other items that generally aren’t available in the U.S. passed by a vote of 415-2 on Wednesday.

Freight brokerage and third-party services provider Echo Global Logistics reported non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.24 on revenues of $405.3 million for the quarter, in-line with consensus analyst expectations.

Rates fell another 3 percent for the month compared to March of last year, the 15th consecutive month prices have decreased, and analysts with Avondale Partners expect this trend to continue through the rest of 2016.

Truckload pricing dipped 0.6 percent in March 2016 compared to the same 2015 period, the first negative pricing change in nearly six years, according to the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.

The Atlanta, Ga.-based parcel giant posted a net income of $1.1 billion for the first quarter of 2016 on revenues of $14.4 billion, year-over-year increases of 10.2 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively.

The S.C. Ports Authority banks on profit-making strategy to finance infrastructure at Charleston and elsewhere.

Shippers better understand the value of automating shipment execution.

The South Carolina Port Authority’s inland port 212 miles west of Charleston has been successful generating cargo business.

North America now accounts for half of ZIM’s container-shipping business.