Total Quality Logistics is planning to open a sales office next month at Blackthorn Corporate Park on the northwest side of South Bend, Indiana.

New trailer orders in the United States reached 315,000, the second-highest annual total, while a growing backlog pushed total shipments to an annual record, ACT Research reported.

XPO Logistics said it has cut another 190 jobs, primarily at its less-than-truckload unit, to save more than $20 million annually.

Norfolk Southern Corp. reported Jan. 27 that fourth-quarter profit fell 29% from the same period a year ago and its yearly profit for 2015 was off by nearly as much — down 20% from a year earlier.

Swift Transportation Co. improved fourth-quarter net income by 24% to $72.5 million, or 51 cents per share, helped by operational improvements throughout the company and improved profits at its dedicated freight unit.

U.S. trailer orders for 2015 fell 11% compared with 2014 to slightly more than 315,000, but shipments of trailers hit an all-time high as they climbed to more than 300,000, ACT Research said.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., concerned that mounting political pressure may scuttle its proposed stock-and-cash bid for Norfolk Southern Corp., plans to change strategy to sway lawmakers and reverse the momentum.

When CSX announced earlier this month that it would build a $272 million container hub in Johnston County, Jennifer Edwards found out at the same time as everyone else — but in a much different way.