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Toronto-based transportation and logistics firm Vitran Corp.’s fourth-quarter profit was $5 million or 37 cents a share, compared with $5 million or 39 cents a year earlier.

Tire retreader Bandag Inc. reported fourth-quarter net income of $10.9 million or 56 cents a share, compared with $12 million or 62 cents a year earlier.

Swedish truck maker Scania AB plans to boost 2006 shareholder dividends to about $1.43 billion, as booming European sales leave truck makers flush with cash, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

Transportation and third-party logistics firm Pacer International’s fourth-quarter net income rose to $21.5 million or 57 cents a share, from $20.4 million or 54 cents a year earlier.

Wholesale inventories fell 0.5% in December, the most since May 2003, as sales surged, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

First-time U.S. jobless claims rose 3,000 last week to 311,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services said Wednesday it earned $4.3 million or 41 cents a share for the fourth quarter, the same as its previous fourth quarter earnings.

Eastern freight railroad CSX Corp.’s intermodal unit plans to invest about $8 million to expand its Charlotte, N.C., terminal, the company said Wednesday.

Transportation and logistics firm EGL Inc. said Wednesday that the private firm set to buy the bulk of EGL’s stock and take the company private pulled out of the $1.2 billion deal, citing concerns about EGL’s impending 2006 earnings report.

Shares of Navistar International Corp. will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading on February 13, the truck manufacturer said late Tuesday.