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YRC Worldwide was — and still is — interested in acquiring not just rival trucker ABF Freight System but its $2.1 billion parent company Arkansas Best, which includes Panther Expedited Services, YRC Worldwide CEO James Welch said.

IAS Logistics has plans to replicate its Texas Trucking Operation in Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami.

Shippers attending the 2013 NASSTRAC Shipper Conference and Transportation Expo in Orlando last month mentioned little trouble finding a truck when they need one, and at a price they’re willing to pay. But they have to work harder to get that truck, and they’re more likely to find it through a logistics provider or broker.

A. Duie Pyle has acquired a 60-door service center in Elkridge, Md.

Florida East Coast Railway reported profit in the first quarter of 2013 was $4.2 million, compared with a net loss of $4.5 million in the same quarter last year.

XPO Logistics reported a net loss of $14.5 million in the first quarter of 2012, compared with a net loss of $2.7 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Arkansas Best rejected an offer by YRC Worldwide, its largest unionized less-than-truckload rival, to purchase either ABF Freight System or the entire company.

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved the final environmental impact report for a near-dock railyard that BNSF Railway said will improve the competitiveness of the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex while at the same time reducing port-generated diesel emissions in Southern California.

C.R. England has promoted Brandon Harrison and Zach England, two current members of the transportation company’s executive committee, to the positions of chief operating officers, according to Chad England, CEO.

Following a higher than expected 2013 cash flow projection, Canadian Pacific will move some capital spending projects originally planned for 2014 into this year.

Trinity Industries has teamed up with Napier Park Railcar Lease Fund and an additional co-investor, who also invested in the Napier Park Fund, to create RIV 2013 Rail Holdings...

How long do drayage drivers spend getting in and out of container terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey? Motor carriers hope radio-frequency identification will provide answers.

IMC Companies has reached an agreement to purchase Express America Trucking.

Cold Train is expanding its express refrigerated intermodal service from Portland, Ore., to complement its existing expedited service out of Quincy, Wash.

Textainer Group Holdings today reported its net income in the first quarter of 2013 was $49.8 million, inching up 0.7 percent from $49.5 million in the first quarter of 2012.

USA Truck reported a net loss of $2.5 million in the first quarter of 2013, improving from a net loss of $4.9 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Towne Holdings, a portfolio company of Charterhouse Group, has named Kim Sheridan-Rohasek the company’s new chief operating officer.

European intermodal company Metrans has opened a second hub terminal for containers in the Czech Republic at Česká Třebová, 180 km (about 112 miles) east of Prague.

As conditions along the Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri and Wabash rivers have improved, following flooding in the Midwest, Norfolk Southern has recommenced operations on some of the impacted routes.

Kansas City Southern has named Darin P. Selby its new vice president of energy markets and short line partner relations.

North America’s Class 8 truck net orders in April totaled 23,026 units, rising 6 percent from the previous month and increasing 37 percent from April 2012, according to FTR Associates’ preliminary data.

FreightCar America reported a net loss of $2.6 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with a net profit of $9.7 million in the first quarter of 2012.

YRC Worldwide today reported a net loss of $24.5 million in the first quarter of 2013, improving from a net loss of $81.6 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems reported net income available to common stockholders in the first quarter of 2013 was $10.6 million, increasing 33.4 percent from $7.9 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems on April 30 announced two acquisitions.

Canadian Pacific and Canadian National have been monitoring Saskatchewan, preparing to defend its infrastructure against flood waters as snow melts, Saskatchewan News reports.

Dan England, chairman of C.R. England, has announced a reorganization and new titles for members of the senior management team, following the death of former CEO Wayne Cederholm on April 9, 2013.

Arkansas Best today reported a net loss of $13.4 million in the first quarter of 2013, improving from a net loss of $18.2 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Legislation to classify port drayage owner-operators as company employees has stalled in the New Jersey General Assembly.

Universal Truckload Services reported net income in the first quarter of 2013 totaled $11.4 million, compared with net income of $14.4 million and pro forma net income of $10.4 million in the same quarter of 2012.

Container Corporation of India has announced a “special intermodal rate scheme” for the movement of empty containers between the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal at Cochin port and Bangalore, a southern hinterland destination, following requests from terminal operator DP World.

James Welch is aiming for an operating profit at YRC Worldwide in 2013, following a $24.1 million operating profit in 2012, as he approaches his third year as CEO of the less-than-truckload operator.

Old Dominion Freight Line reported net income in the first quarter of 2013 of $40.6 million, increasing 30.4 percent from $31.1 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Celadon Group reported net income in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013, ending March 31, 2013, was $4.4 million, dropping 22.8 percent from $5.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2012.

American Railcar Industries reported profit in the first quarter of 2013 was $17.9 million, increasing 49.4 percent from $12.0 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Vitran reported profit in the first quarter of 2013 of $67.7 million, compared with a net loss of $5.8 million in the first quarter of 2012.

GATX reported net income in the first quarter of 2013 was $27.1 million, falling 10.5 percent from $30.3 million in the first quarter of 2012.