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Refrigerated truckload carrier Marten Transport’s third-quarter net income plunged 54% due to weakened freight demand and higher costs.

Forward Air Corp., a contractor to the air cargo industry, said its third-quarter profit fell 15% to $10.8 million or 36 cents a share, from $12.7million or 41 cents a year ago.

Forward Air Corp., a contractor to the air cargo industry, said its third-quarter profit fell 15% to $10.8 million or 36 cents a share, from $12.7million or 41 cents a year ago.

Third-party logistics company and freight broker Hub Group’s third-quarter profit rose 23%, despite a drop in revenue and intermodal volume.

FedEx Express said Monday it will introduce 10 hybrid electric-diesel vehicles to its European fleet.

Third-party logistics firm General Freight Systems said it will begin using the TMWSuite software platform as part of a companywide technology upgrade.

Rather than trying to hold back the tide, American Trucking Associations’ leaders have decided the industry should get ready to funnel, in beneficial ways, the political groundswell that is rising behind the popular surge of interest in global warming.

Truckers are now required to electronically submit manifests detailing cargo and carrier information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection prior to arrival at Maine and Minnesota land border ports of entry, the agency said.

Kuehne & Nagel International AG, the world’s largest ocean freight forwarder, said Monday its third-quarter profit rose 34%, helped by increased air and ocean shipments, Bloomberg reported.