Trimac’s Third-Quarter Income Rises

November 13, 2006 11:00 AM, EST

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anadian transportation firm Trimac Income Fund said it earned C$5.9 million or 14.6 cents per unit in the second quarter, compared with C$4.1 million or 9.1 cents a year earlier.

Revenue rose to C$83.6 million from C$78 million in 2005. Trucking accounted for C$79.4 million of this year’s third-quarter revenue and logistics revenue was C$4.2 million, the company said Friday in a statement.

In early October, Trimac acquired Canadian cement hauler Jeffbrett Group. (Click here for previous coverage.)

rimac Transportation System is ranked No. 43 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.