Freight delays at the Port of New York and New Jersey have caused “damaging consequences” to cargo flow at the East Coast’s largest port complex, a retailers group wrote in letter to the port.

The Department of Energy raised its outlook for 2014 U.S. retail diesel prices by 2 cents to $3.83 a gallon, the second straight month in which it projected an increase.

Forward Air Corp. said its fourth-quarter net income dipped from a year ago, and the carrier authorized a 2 million-share buyback.

Diesel’s national average retail price continued its recent ascent, gaining 2.6 cents to $3.977 a gallon as oil topped $100 a barrel for the first time this year, the Department of Energy reported Feb. 10.

Trucking accounted for 3,200 of the 113,000 jobs added in January, and the U.S. unemployment rate fell to a five-year low of 6.6%, the Labor Department reported Feb. 7.

Officials at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., have filed a request with the Federal Maritime Commission for a “discussion agreement” that would allow them to talk about rates and operations, which is usually prohibited under antitrust regulations.

Diesel rose for a second straight week, gaining 4.7 cents to $3.951 a gallon, led by big spikes in the Northeast, the Department of Energy reported.

Diesel rose for the first time in three weeks, gaining 3.1 cents to $3.904 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Jan. 27.

Diesel and gasoline both fell for a second straight week, with diesel declining 1.3 cents to $3.873 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.