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ransportation firm CNF Inc. said its first-quarter income rose 19% to $29.1 million or 52 cents a share, up from $24.4 million or 45 cents a year earlier.

The company’s revenue rose to $947.7 million, from $846.9 million a year earlier.

CNF on April 11 had raised its earnings outlook to 66 to 69 cents per share, up from a previous 57- to 65-cent estimate.

Operating income at its Con-Way Transportation Services unit, which operates a number of less-than-truckload carriers, rose 31% to $62.9 million from a year earlier. Con-Way’s revenue rose 11% to $659.4 million.

CNF’s Menlo Worldwide logistics unit, which includes Menlo Logistics and Vector SCM, saw its operating income increase 15% to $9.7 million, the company said.

CNF is ranked No. 4 on the Transport Topics 100 list of the largest U.S. and Canadian trucking companies.