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Werner Enterprises posted double-digit gains in revenue and profits in the third quarter as demand for the company’s one-way truckload freight hauling services was “stronger than normal” and shippers paid higher rates.

Werner Enterprises Inc. plans to appeal a jury verdict awarding the surviving members of a Texas family $89.7 million in connection with a December 2014 fatal crash. In the crash, a pickup truck crossed a median and collided with a Werner tractor-trailer on an icy interstate near Odessa, Texas, according to a statement by the motor carrier’s attorney.

Werner Enterprises Inc. on April 19 reported improved year-over-year revenue and earnings for its fiscal first quarter.

Werner Enterprises reported fourth-quarter net income of $30.6 million Jan. 29, or earnings per diluted share of 42 cents, beating expectations of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg of $27.8 million and 39 cents per share. Earnings per share in the year-ago quarter was 30 cents.

A proposal for a trucking facility in Palmer Township remains in limbo after supervisors ran out of time to vote on a conditional use permit after a three-hour meeting Aug. 14.

The truckload industry continued to struggle in the second quarter and earnings are expected to be down year-over-year for most carriers, based on forecasts from industry analysts and interviews with several fleets.

The business of delivering goods purchased online that are too large or too heavy for parcel carriers just got a little more crowded, as truckload carrier Werner Enterprises joins the pursuit with the launch of Werner Final Mile.

The need for a pavement study and intersection analysis kept a proposed trucking facility in Palmer Township, Pa., from gaining planning board approval.

WASHINGTON — Raising the federal tax on fuel and indexing it to inflation would be the most ideal approach for restoring long-term funding for big-ticket infrastructure maintenance programs, Werner Enterprises Inc. CEO Derek Leathers told a Senate panel on April 4.