Private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners on Thursday announced it has increased its investment in and ownership of syncreon, a global logistics and supply chain company.

Trailer Bridge Inc., which provides high cube container shipping from Florida to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, has filed for bankruptcy.

The National Transportation Safety Board has rejected a request to reconsider its findings in a 1997 fatal accident used to justify stricter wetlines rules.

TNT Express NV, Europe’s second largest post company, said its third-quarter earnings fell to about $7 million, from about $19 million a year earlier, Bloomberg reported.

UPS Inc. said it expects to hire 55,000 temporary workers and FedEx Corp. 20,000 workers for the holiday season.

XPO Logistics posted a third-quarter loss, named seven new senior executives and said it was targeting multiple acquisitions in the logistics and freight brokerage field.

Hub Group Inc. said that its Comtrak Logistics Inc. subsidiary has acquired Newark, N.J., intermodal drayage carrier Challenge Transportation. No terms were announced.

Natural disasters, political up­heaval and financial woes are forcing shippers to reevaluate their supply chains and, in some cases, change the way they procure parts and materials and the way they distribute goods.