Radiant Logistics Inc. has opened a new location in Charlotte, N.C., for its Distribution by Air network.

Canadian bulk trucking company Trimac Transportation said it will acquire Ontario-based specialized bulk carrier Liquid Cargo Lines.

Consumer confidence fell to a four-month low in May, the New York-based Conference Board said.

FedEx Corp. said it has signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian transportation and logistics company Rapidão Cometa Logística e Transportes S.A. to boost its Latin American business.

Trailer orders staged a comeback last month after three straight monthly declines, climbing 12% above both the year-earlier month and March, as fleets stepped up the pace of replacing older equipment, ACT Research reported.

Consumer confidence rose in May to the highest level in nearly five years, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Canadian Pacific Railway suspended its freight service across Canada after engineers, conductors and other workers went on strike, the Canadian Press reported Wednesday.

A House-Senate conference committee working to draft a compromise long-term highway bill may resurrect a proposal to allow longer tandem pup trailers that had been considered dead after the House bill that included it was dropped.