Expeditors International of Washington Inc. announced profits slipped 6.2% in the second quarter, echoing the trend across the third-party logistics industry.

XPO Logistics reported that profits increased 11% in the second quarter, setting new records in net income and revenue on the back of growth in last-mile e-commerce and contract logistics.

Heartland Express Inc. reported that profits slipped 11% year-over-year after a significant decline in revenue, excluding fuel surcharges, due to shorter hauls during the second quarter.

Schneider reported that profits in the second quarter increased 5.2% compared with a year ago, beating the Bloomberg News consensus forecast on net income and earnings per share.

Longshoremen on the West Coast are poised to ratify a three-year extension to the collective bargaining agreement with the port authorities and terminal operators in California, Oregon and Washington.

ArcBest Corp. and Saia Inc. followed Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. in producing impressive second-quarter results among less-than-truckload fleets.

Business conditions have rebounded in 2017 for companies involved in manufacturing and commodities, and the outlook remains positive for the industrial sector, according to economists at the inaugural American Trucking Associations Economic Summit.

Echo Global Logistics set a new record on July 27 after failing to make a profit for the third consecutive quarter, which hasn’t happened once since the company went public in mid-2009.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. kicked off the less-than-truckload quarterly earnings reports on an impressive note with a 21% rise in profits.