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Vitran Corp. said late Tuesday it lost $900,000, or 6 cents a share, in the first quarter, narrowing its loss of $2.4 million, or 17 cents, in the same period last year.

P.A.M. Transportation Services said it lost $315,000 in the first quarter, compared with a  $3.3 million loss a year ago.

Norfolk Southern Corp. reported that its first-quarter profit rose 45% from a year ago.

Canadian freight railroad Canadian Pacific’s first-quarter net income jumped 74% to C$99.8 million, or 59 cents per share, from C$57.3 million, or 36 cents, a year earlier.

Kansas City Southern said it earned $32.6 million, or 34 cents a share, in its first quarter, compared with a loss of $8.1 million, or 9 cents, the previous year.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released the 2010 fees for the Unified Carrier Registration program Monday, more than doubling the levy across the board but setting it slightly lower than the agency had proposed last year.

Trucking has a seat on a newly-created transition team that is supposed to set the future course of the Illinois Tollway but higher tolls are not in trucking’s future, the industry representative said.

New Jersey plans to close bathrooms at two more highway rest stops due to budget cutbacks this year, a move that has renewed calls to allow states to lease rest areas to private truck stop operators.

Cummins Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit jumped to $149 million, or 75 cents a share, from $7 million, or 4 cents, a year ago.