Express-1 Expedited Solutions, a provider of brokerage and forwarding services, said it has scheduled a Sept. 1 shareholders’ meeting to approve a takeover by Jacobs Private Equity, a firm controlled by investor Bradley Jacobs.

Intermodal traffic rose 1.9% last week, the Association of American Railroads reported.

Consumer confidence plummeted in August to its lowest level since May 1980, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Linx Partners has acquired ADS Logistics Co., a provider of trucking, warehouse and intermodal services to the metals industry.

MIQ Logistics said it has acquired The Logistics Corp., a retail logistics company based in the United Kingdom. Terms were not disclosed.

Transportation provider UniGroup Inc. has introduced a new logistics company, UniGroup Worldwide Logistics.

Freight brokerage firm Echo Global Logistics is involved in an expansion strategy through acquisition, the CEO of the Chicago-based company said in an interview.

The more than year-long surge in orders for new trailers showed signs of leveling off in June, increasing just 6% from 2010 levels, compared with an overall 65% gain over the first half of 2011, ACT Research Co. said.

FreshStart Logistics, a maker of transportation technology products, is partnering with counterpart Datatrac Corp.