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Arkansas Best Corp. Tuesday reported a second-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago on stronger freight tonnage and pricing.

Navistar International Corp. said late Tuesday it will close its truck plant in Ontario, Canada, that has been idled for two years due to labor issues.

Interstate 710, known as the Long Beach Freeway, is the latest major Southern California traffic corridor to experience partial night closures this month due to construction work.

The American Transportation Research Institute has released its annual survey to gauge the trucking industry’s top concerns.

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose 5% to $95 million, or 44 cents a share, from $90.3 million, or 42 cents, a year ago.

TNT Express NV, Europe’s second largest post company, said its second-quarter earnings declined to about $5.7 million, from about $37 million a year earlier.

Vision Industries Corp. has announced that drayage and logistics company Total Transportation Services Inc. intends to purchase 100 of its zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell-electric Class 8 trucks for about $27 million.

U.S. manufacturing activity fell to a two-year low in July, but continued to show expansion for the 24th consecutive month, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday.