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A.P. Moller–Maersk A/S, the Danish company that owns the largest ocean shipping line, announced record earnings on Feb. 23, powered by a rebounding international freight market.

Logistics firm Andrews Logistics has named Brian Jarvis its president, it said Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week directed a lower court to reconsider a claim by freight railroad CSX Transportation Inc. that the Alabama fuel tax it pays is discriminatory because truckers are exempt from the same tax.

Consumer confidence rose to a three-year high in February, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

TransForce Inc., Canada's largest trucking company, said Friday it had a forth-quarter profit of C$35.6 million on higher revenue from its package delivery and specialized service segments, Reuters reported.

No one knows the Canada-U.S. border and the difficulties even the most trusted individuals and companies have had crossing it in the “security trumps trade” post-9/11 world than truckers. It’s not surprising, then, that truckers welcome the announcement from U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper that the two countries are embarking upon negotiations aimed at improved cooperation and coordination at the border.

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington’s fourth-quarter profit jumped 40% to $96.5 million, or 45 cents a share, from $69.1 million, or 32 cents, a year earlier.

Consumer confidence hit its highest level in three years in February, the New York-based Conference Board reported Tuesday.

Lawyers for American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles completed filing their written legal arguments last week over the port’s attempted ban on independent owner-operators.

American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles have completed filing written legal arguments over the port’s attempted ban on independent owner-operators.