The second, third and fourth weeks of September were the three highest intermodal rail volume weeks on record for U.S. railroads, the Association of American Railroads reported.

Seko Logistics has acquired an equity stake in Metakinetic, an e-commerce company.

Network FOB, a Jacksonville, Florida-based logistics firm, has acquired international transportation company Interlog USA Inc. Terms were not disclosed.

Proposed federal rules to make hauling crude oil by rail safer and avoid fiery wrecks would drive up costs and put the U.S. energy revival at risk, the head of an oil industry trade group said.

Confidence among U.S. consumers declined in September to a four-month low as Americans’ views of the labor market deteriorated.

New trailer orders jumped 56.9% in August from a year earlier and rose to the highest total for that month in 20 years, ACT Research reported.

U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 6.4% in the week ended Sept. 20 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has ruled in an anti-dumping case brought by equipment manufacturer Stoughton Trailers that Chinese manufacturers of 53-foot containers for U.S. intermodal service must make payments into an escrow account to cover trade tariffs.