September and October were record months for many of the nation’s ports as shippers prepared for a busy holiday shopping season and rushed to get cargo into the U.S. ahead of the Trump administration’s tariffs against several nations, including China.

Amazon will build a $230 million operations hub in Nashville, Tenn., that will house 5,000 employees over the next 10 years.

UPS Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have approved a new five-year contract, averting a strike by 11,600 UPS freight workers as the Atlanta-based company heads into its busiest shipping time of the year.

The American Transportation Research Institute is asking fleets to provide data from their electronic logging devices to be used in confidential research for studying policy issues in trucking.

Dry van, flatbed and specialty equipment company Titanium Transportation Group Inc. reported revenue of C$44.8 million in the third quarter of 2018, compared with $31.5 million in the same period last year, representing a 42% year-over-year increase.

Flatbed and specialized carrier Daseke Inc. reported Nov. 6 that third-quarter revenue increased 99% to $461.6 million, compared with $231.3 million in the same period last year.

For-hire carrier ArcBest on Nov. 1 reported its third-quarter net income was $40.8 million, or $1.58 per share, on revenue of $826.2 million. That compares with 2017’s net income of $14.8 million, or 57 cents a share, on revenue of $744.3 million.

UPS Inc. is advising its freight customers to explore alternative shipping plans as the threat of a strike by workers represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters looms should members reject the company’s latest contract offer.

YRC Worldwide Inc. posted net income of $2.9 million, or 9 cents a share, a slight drop from $3 million, or 9 cents, in 2017, the carrier reported for the third quarter Nov. 1.

AUSTIN, Texas — For the second year in a row, the national shortage of qualified truck drivers is considered the industry’s most pressing concern, according to an annual report prepared by the American Transportation Research Institute.