ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

Hub Group Inc. said late Wednesday its second-quarter net income fell to $8.3 million, or 22 cents a share, from $15 million, or 40 cents, a year ago.

Third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide said that it had acquired London-based Walker Logistics Overseas, an international freight forwarder.

Illinois has joined the 49 other states in adopting a uniform 80,000-pound truck weight limit law for state routes and other local roads.

Deutsche Post DHL has signed a five-year telecommunications agreement with AT&T, in which AT&T will provide telecommunications to Deutsche Post DHL units throughout the United States.

All motor carriers face financial risk when it comes to the litigation lottery and the chance a relatively insignificant claim could go out of control and become a mammoth verdict.

Transport carriers are under pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the long-term fuel savings a hybrid truck could deliver are out of sync with fiscal reality for companies forced by the recessionary economy to pinch every penny.

Refrigerated truckload carrier Marten Transport’s second-quarter net income rose 29.1% to $4.5 million, or 20 cents a share, from $3.5 million, or 16 cents, a year ago.

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported a second-quarter profit of $92 million, or 54 cents a share, up slightly from $90 million, or 52 cents a share, a year ago.