U.S. consumer confidence grew this month, according to the latest Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Intermodal rail traffic continued its upward trend last week, rising 14% from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.

Logistics firm US 1 Industries Monday reported a first-quarter profit of $100,000, compared with a $1 million loss a year ago.

After facing off in federal court in Los Angeles last month, attorneys for American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles are expected to file their final post-trial briefs this week in the contentious court dispute over parts of the port’s clean trucks program.

Echo Global Logistics said its first-quarter profit jumped to $1.2 million, or 6 cents per share, compared with a loss of $200,000, or 2 cents, a year ago.

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington’s first-quarter profit rose to $61.3 million, or 29 cents a share, from $59.3 million, or 28 cents, a year ago.

Trailer orders in March soared 165% over the comparable month of 2009, ACT Research Co. reported last week, as the strengthening economy and the brighter picture for the freight industry drove fleets to boost orders over dismal year-ago levels for the sixth month in a row.

Universal Truckload Services’ first-quarter profit rose to $2.1 million, or 13 cents per share, from $100,000, or 1 cent, a year ago.