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An Indianapolis shipping company has purchased Logansport, Ind.’s Pasquale Trucking Co. from former owner Tom Pasquale.

UPS Inc. has agreed to purchase Nightline Logistics Group, a package delivery and logistics firm based in Ireland.

U.S. Concrete has acquired assets of Corbett Aggregates Cos. in Quinton, N.J., in a move to control the supply of sand for its ready-mixed concrete operations in New York City and to supply other customers.

Magnate Worldwide has acquired Premium Transportation Logistics, a company based in Toledo, Ohio, that provides expedited ground transportation and freight brokerage services.

Jim Harris, whose family owned Dick Harris & Son Trucking Co. Inc. for nearly 50 years, sold his business at the end of February to Cowan Systems, another family-owned company, which began in 1924.

Less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines has signed a letter of intent to acquire Wilson Trucking Corp., also an LTL carrier, in a move to expand Central’s service territory into the Southeast.

Kenworth dealership Rihm Family Cos. Inc. said it acquired LTX Inc., which owns Lawrence Leasing Inc., the operator of Lawrence NationaLease — a commercial truck leasing company with 15 locations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota.

The new year began with two acquisitions from U.S. third-party logistics providers looking to increase their business in Canada.

BlueGrace Logistics, a third-party logistics firm, has acquired Continental Traffic Co. in the latest sign of growth over the last year-and-a-half.