TransForce Inc., Canada's largest trucking company, said Friday its third-quarter profit rose to C$25 million as it cut costs to offset weak conditions across the industry, Bloomberg reported.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a ban on owner-operators at the Port of Los Angeles, granting an injunction sought by American Trucking Associations.

Norfolk Southern Corp. said its third-quarter profit increased 47% from a year ago.

Canadian National Railway Co. said its third-quarter net income rose 21% to C$556 million, or C$1.19 per share, from C$461 million or 97 cents per share, a year earlier.

The intermodal business is making a solid contribution to third-quarter rail profits, as volumes remain strong through the fall peak season for domestic freight, industry officials said.

Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its third-quarter net income rose 51% compared with the same quarter last year, to $778 million, or $1.56 a share.

Forward Air Corp. said late Wednesday its third-quarter net income rose to $8.9 million, or 31 cents per share, from $3.8 million, or 13 cents, a year ago.

Logistics and intermodal firm Hub Group’s third-quarter profit jumped 28.3% to $12.6 million, or 34 cents a share, from $9.8 million, or 26 cents, a year ago.

Truckers and other carriers are reporting a seasonal pickup in freight volumes this fall that is in sharp contrast to 2009, when the recession ravaged cargo volumes, experts said.