Jones Motor Group has formed a new division in its logistics company that will act independently to expand multimodal and brokerage operations.

Orders for new trailers rose a slight 0.2% in July from a year earlier to 13,339, ACT Research reported.

Shippers and truckers are urging officials of the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance to restart contract discussions so that the just-beginning fall freight shipping season won’t be disrupted.

Consumer confidence fell in August by the most in 10 months, the New York-based Confidence Board said Tuesday.

Truck and trailer parts supplier FleetPride Inc. , said it has acquired Great Lakes Truck & Trailer, Westlake, Mich., for an undisclosed sum.

Ceva Logistics, Houston, said it has cut four days off some delivery times by routing inbound less-than-container load shipments to its container freight station in Elk Grove, Ill.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Thermo King said it will offer a new line of trailer transport refrigeration units in January that took $60 million and three years to develop.

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