NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The more than 600 trucking industry recruiting professionals at the Recruitment & Retention Conference were urged to keep up their recruiting efforts, even as American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello told them a mild recession remains likely.

Pitt Ohio Transportation Group has made a minority investment in residential delivery provider Aria Logistics, the company announced Feb. 13.

Trucking efficiency improvements are underway at the Port of Baltimore as ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. prepares to soon double its e-commerce service there with larger container vessels.

Wisconsin has awarded $5.3 million in grants for seven harbor maintenance and improvement projects to enhance its waterborne freight and economic development.

Shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk said in an email to The Associated Press that it filed a claim against Evergreen Marine Corp., the vessel’s Japanese owner and its German technical manager in the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court.

Universal Logistics Holdings’ earnings grew on a slight decline in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2022, the company reported Feb. 9.

Funding proposals for freight and commuter transportation programs will be unveiled as part of a larger budget plan on March 9, the White House announced recently.

XPO Inc. CEO Mario Harik on Feb. 8 discussed how his company reached over a billion dollars in revenue during the fourth quarter despite a business spinoff and softening freight market.

Forward Air Corp. reported record fourth-quarter and full-year revenue, operating income and net income per diluted share Feb. 8.

Werner Enterprises experienced an earnings decline despite revenue gains due to changing macroeconomic conditions in the fourth quarter, the company reported Feb. 7.