CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Less-than-truckload carriers need to improve their pricing discipline and sophistication to boost profits in a market where rate-driven, third-party logistics operators are playing a growing role, LTL executives said.

Canadian National Railway said it has opened a new intermodal facility in Chippewa Falls, Wis., to serve the upper Midwest, including the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. area.

TransCore Link Logistics on Wednesday announced it has expanded its database of loads and equipment posted throughout North America by integrating live data from multiple load board sources.

Consumer confidence declined this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Pacer International on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter profit, turning around a loss in the same quarter a year ago.

Third-party logistics firm RedStone Logistics said it has acquired Headhaul.com, a logistics services company. Terms were not disclosed.

WASHINGTON — Leaner supply chains, more data visibility and collaborations between direct competitors are among the trends taking hold in the transportation industry, logistics executives and researchers said.