Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 11%, as higher prices drove freight revenue up.

Eastern freight railroad CSX Corp. reported higher first-quarter profit from a year ago.

Canadian logistics company Wheels Group said its fourth-quarter earnings before interest and taxes rose during a shortened reporting period.

Consumer confidence fell in April to a nine-month low, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index.

Transportation software company 3Gtms said it has merged with Transite Technology, a logistics software provider. Terms were not disclosed.

Penske Logistics said Tuesday it has completed a multimillion-dollar upgrade to its data center that serves all of its supply chain customers.

The U.S. Army has removed all specialty and flatbed freight from its outsourced logistics Defense Transportation Coordination Initiative program because those freight categories have not produced the anticipated cost savings, Transport Topics has learned.

Ceva Group, an international logistics service company based in the Netherlands, said its profit, excluding one-time items and other costs, fell 22% in 2012, hurt by customers’ shift of freight to less-expensive ocean shipping.