Business

Omnitracs has completed its previously announced acquisition of XRS Corp. for about $178 million.

Drivers at FedEx Freight’s terminal in South Brunswick, New Jersey, voted to become Teamsters in the latest round of a contentious union organizing battle.

ArcBest Corp. reported its third-quarter net income rose 40% to $19.6 million, or 72 cents per share, powered by stronger results in the less-than-truckload and logistics business units.

USA Truck Inc. reported its most profitable quarter in eight years as revenue grew in the trucking and logistics segments.

UPS Inc. is expanding its cryogenic shipping option for health-care customers with real-time tracking and intervention options.

Construction spending fell 0.4% in September, the second straight decline, the Commerce Department reported Nov. 3.

U.S. manufacturing activity rose in October, matching August as the highest level since March 2011, the Institute for Supply Management reported Nov. 3.

American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council said the theme for its 2015 annual meeting and transportation technology exposition will be “Fueling the Future.”

Negotiators representing West Coast ocean carriers and port terminal operators charged that the union representing dockworkers there has started “orchestrated slowdowns” at the Seattle and Tacoma, Washington ports.

Telogis said it has received an equity investment from General Motors Co.’s venture capital subsidiary. Terms were not disclosed.