Adding biodiesel to Canada’s existing fuel storage, blending and distribution infrastructure could spur a host of problems for the country's distillate market, the Canadian Trucking Association said.

Logistics executive Paul Lueck, a 27-year veteran of the transportation business, thought he’d seen it all before the silver-tongued con man from what turned out to be a fictitious Jonesboro, Ark., trucking company came calling last summer.

Logistics companies face significant new challenges as both shippers and carriers look for ways to cope with financial turmoil, volatile fuel costs and slumping demand for goods and services.

Logistics firm US1 Industries’ third-quarter profit rose to $972,000, or 7 cents a share, from $789,000, or 6 cents, a year ago.

Canadian firm Contrans Income Fund’s third-quarter was C$11.4 million, or 40 cents per unit, up from C$9.1 million, or 32 cents, a year ago.

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has agreed to transfer ownership of five Las Vegas public compressed natural gas fueling stations to Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Clean Energy said Friday.

Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group Income Fund said Thursday its third-quarter profit slipped to C$36.2 million, from C$38 million a year ago, while earnings per unit held at 45 cents.

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said its third-quarter net income rose 15% to $85.5 million, or 39 cents a share, from $74.3 million, or 34 cents, a year ago.