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Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its third-quarter net income almost tripled, boosted by acquisitions.

Swift Transportation’s third-quarter net income fell 10% to $27.9 million, or 20 cents per share, from $31.0 million, or 22 cents per share, in the third quarter as freight volume weakened and fuel costs rose.

Kansas City Southern’s third-quarter income fell to $91 million, or 83 cents a share, from $100 million, or 91 cents, a year ago.

The U.S. Transportation Command said it has awarded Menlo Worldwide Logistics a one-year extension on its contract to outsource military freight shipments nationwide.

Two of the largest U.S. freight railroads reported third-quarter results, with intermodal revenue rising at both companies.

Forward Air Corp. said its third-quarter net income slipped from a year ago, while revenue improved.

Norfolk Southern said it has opened a new intermodal facility in McCalla, Ala., to serve as part of an intermodal freight rail route between the Gulf Coast and the Northeast.

Component maker Meritor Inc. said Wednesday that Wabash National has selected Meritor trailer axles to be standard equipment on all Wabash trailers.

Consumer confidence rose in October, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

BNSF Railway’s intermodal container project in Southern California took a step forward late last month, when a revised environmental impact statement was issued that supports construction of the $500 million project.