C.H. Robinson’s 2Q Income Jumps 24%

Transportation and logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s second-quarter profit jumped 24% to $82.3 million or 47 cents a share, from $66.6 million or 38 cents a year ago.

Transportation gross profit rose 16.4% to $271.1 million, the company said late Tuesday.

Truck gross profit rose 15.6% for the quarter, while intermodal rose 6.5%, the company said.

C.H. Robinson is ranked No. 9 on the Transport Topics Logistics 50 listing of the largest North American logistics companies.