(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.: March 5, 2010) Crowley Maritime Corporation’s tugboat Hunter, the state-funded emergency response tug stationed at Neah Bay, Wash., was dispatched this week to assist the 712-foot container vessel, Horizon Tacoma, after the vessel experienced engine problems….

Oil rose to more than $72 a barrel early Tuesday, up slightly from the previous two trading days, in advance of a government inventory report due out this week, Bloomberg reported.

U.S. intermodal rail traffic dropped 3% in the week ended Saturday compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.

Investing in highway infrastructure is the quickest, most efficient way to create jobs and restore the economy, former American Trucking Associations Chairman Charles “Shorty” Whittington told President Obama at this week’s White House jobs summit.

Freight railroad volumes for the week ending November 28, which included Thanksgiving, were down…