Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell 17% from a year ago as freight demand declined.

CSX Corp.’s fourth-quarter earnings rose 23% from the same period last year but shipping volumes continued to fall, the Associated Press reported.

In the “Letters & Comments” section of your Jan. 4 issue, BNSF Railway Group Vice President Stephen Branscum sought to clarify a comment from a recent conference, published in a story in Transport Topics. In his letter, he cited as accurate “BNSF’s willingness to work with shippers and American Trucking Associations to develop progressive.

UPS Inc. said that it will expand its global service parts logistics network by adding 101 new field stocking locations in China.

BlueGrace Logistics said that it has launched an iPhone application for calculating shipping quotes from multiple carriers.

In the “Letters & Comments” section of your Jan. 4 issue, BNSF Railway Group Vice President Stephen Branscum sought to clarify a comment from a recent conference, published in a story in Transport Topics. In his letter, he cited as accurate “BNSF’s willingness to work with shippers and American Trucking Associations to develop progressive.

Intermodal logistics company RoadLink has named Michael Shelton as its new president, the company said Thursday.

Gasoline’s national average price jumped 14 cents in the past three weeks to $2.74 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.

The Environmental Protection Agency has refused to back a request from American Trucking Associations and the Canadian Trucking Alliance that foreign (non-U.S.) drivers be allowed to reposition their trailers between two points.

Existing homes sales increased in November to the highest level since February 2007, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.