Logistics

Universal Logistics Holdings well surpassed expectations with both revenue and earnings increasing year-over-year during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported.

Landstar System Inc. experienced a decline in revenue and earnings during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported April 24.

The first of 11 ships trapped for a month behind the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge left the Port of Baltimore April 25 using an alternate shipping channel that had just opened.

Covenant Logistics Group profits tumbled in the first quarter of 2024, with freight rates and volumes taking a toll on earnings as expected.

NEW CARLISLE, Ind. — Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana that will create at least 1,000 new jobs, state and company officials announced.

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific’s first-quarter profit crept 1% higher as the railroad tightened up on expenses — particularly its fuel bill — even though it delivered slightly less freight.

Truck tonnage reached 13 consecutive months of year-over-year declines after a slight decrease in March, American Trucking Associations reported April 23.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced grants for ports and supply chain corridors as part of the White House’s strategy for advancing a zero-emission freight landscape.

Shawn Stewart is set to join Forward Air as CEO, effective April 28, the carrier said April 23. He also will join the asset-light transportation services group’s board of directors.

Norfolk Southern’s first-quarter earnings report gave the railroad the opportunity to publicly defend CEO Alan Shaw’s strategy again before investors decide on May 9 whether to back him.