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Aperion Management has teamed with the management of Sprint Logistics to acquire that company’s municipal solid waste transfer station management and transportation business.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it has purchased Capital Transportation Logistics, a transportation management provider, for $6.25 million.

Echo Global Logistics said its fourth-quarter profit climbed 68.5% to $3.5 million, or 16 cents per share, from $2.1 million, or 9 cents, a year ago.

XPO Logistics said it posted a fourth-quarter loss after earning a profit in the same period a year ago.

Air and ground expedited services provider Bolt Express LLC said it has completed the acquisition of third-party services provider Strike Logistics.

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit slipped 4%, citing “irregular demand” in the quarter.

TransCore Link Logistics on Wednesday announced it has expanded its database of loads and equipment posted throughout North America by integrating live data from multiple load board sources.

Pacer International on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter profit, turning around a loss in the same quarter a year ago.

Third-party logistics firm RedStone Logistics said it has acquired Headhaul.com, a logistics services company. Terms were not disclosed.

WASHINGTON — Leaner supply chains, more data visibility and collaborations between direct competitors are among the trends taking hold in the transportation industry, logistics executives and researchers said.