Truck and trailer parts supplier FleetPride Inc. , said it has acquired Great Lakes Truck & Trailer, Westlake, Mich., for an undisclosed sum.

Ceva Logistics, Houston, said it has cut four days off some delivery times by routing inbound less-than-container load shipments to its container freight station in Elk Grove, Ill.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Thermo King said it will offer a new line of trailer transport refrigeration units in January that took $60 million and three years to develop.

Consumer confidence improved in August, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

XPO Logistics is on course to reach $500 million in annual revenue by year-end, buoyed by the recent purchase of Kelron Logistics, which will add more than $100 million annually to sales, said Bradley Jacobs, XPO’s chief executive officer.

Trailer Leasing Alliance LLC, Wayne, Pa., said it has launched full-service trailer leasing operations with 16,000 late-model 53-foot trailers.

Getloaded, an online logistics freight matching company has integrated its software with popular management software companies McLeod and Infinity Software.

Canadian carrier Contrans Group’s second-quarter profit rose, in part on acquisitions, the company said.

MINNEAPOLIS — ABF Freight System truck driver Ralph Garcia had to make a choice between being at the hospital for the birth of his first grandson or competing here in the 2012 National Truck Driving Championships.