Consumer confidence declined this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Pacer International on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter profit, turning around a loss in the same quarter a year ago.

Third-party logistics firm RedStone Logistics said it has acquired Headhaul.com, a logistics services company. Terms were not disclosed.

WASHINGTON — Leaner supply chains, more data visibility and collaborations between direct competitors are among the trends taking hold in the transportation industry, logistics executives and researchers said.

Intermodal traffic volume rose 4.1% in the fourth quarter, the eighth straight quarter of year-over-year gains, the Intermodal Association of North America said.

Trailer manufacturers may be facing an embarrassment of riches: too much business.

Trailer makers experienced robust ordering activity to end 2011 and early this year, according to ACT Research Co. and interviews with manufacturers.