Orders for new trailers in May increased 30% from a year ago but slipped from an April peak, although manufacturers said the market remained strong, with total orders through May 77% ahead of 2010 and with a growing backlog of deliveries.

Consumer confidence fell in June, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

UPS Inc. and pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co. said they have broadened their existing distribution and logistics agreement to include aspects of Merck’s global supply chain.

Consumer confidence fell in June to a seven-month low, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has approved two stretches of state highway for use by wider truck trailers.

Nick Weber, chairman of Weber Logistics, announced Wednesday that the Santa Fe Springs, Calif., third-party logistics firm has named Harry Drajpuch its president and CEO, effective immediately.

WASHINGTON — There are signs the U.S. economy is stalling and could undermine a tenuous recovery for freight haulers, according to the author of a report on logistics costs by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.