A new report has raised questions about whether a Department of Defense contract to outsource freight shipments has produced huge savings claimed by Menlo Worldwide Logistics, in large part because of DOD’s failure to scrutinize the program closely.

Efforts to create a motor carrier-based pool to provide intermodal chassis are continuing, though American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference said it has not yet decided how to accomplish that goal.

Trucking and logistics management provider Descartes Systems Group’s second-quarter net income fell from a year ago.

Third-party logistics provider Wheels Group Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire freight broker and forwarder MSM Group of Cos. for $18.8 million in cash and stock.

Jones Motor Group has formed a new division in its logistics company that will act independently to expand multimodal and brokerage operations.

Orders for new trailers rose a slight 0.2% in July from a year earlier to 13,339, ACT Research reported.

Shippers and truckers are urging officials of the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance to restart contract discussions so that the just-beginning fall freight shipping season won’t be disrupted.

Consumer confidence fell in August by the most in 10 months, the New York-based Confidence Board said Tuesday.