Business

Marathon Data Systems, a provider of fleet and field-service management technology, has acquired fleet-tracking firm Foxtrax GPS for an undisclosed sum.

Bulldog Hiway Express is merging with Daseke Inc., a group of flatbed, open-deck and specialty carriers, the companies announced.

Steven Rubin has been named CEO at ITS Technologies & Logistics, which operates more than 90 intermodal rail and automotive facilities. He is formerly the top executive at ocean carrier Horizon Lines.

Volvo Group said it opened a 1 million-square-foot distribution center in Byhalia, Mississippi, for Mack and Volvo truck parts.

The Port of Los Angeles said it will begin a $44.6 million container terminal expansion project this summer .

Manufacturing expanded in June at the fastest pace in five months, indicating domestic demand is allowing America’s factories to withstand sluggish overseas economies.

Companies in the United States boosted employment in June by the most in six months, signaling the job market is strengthening, according to a private report based on payrolls.

European Union antitrust regulators will decide Aug. 3 whether to clear FedEx’s $4.9 billion bid for TNT Express, Reuters reported.

Aftermarket parts supply company FleetPride announced that interim CEO Don Sturdivant has been appointed to that position on a permanent basis.

Andreas Renschler, head of Volkswagen’s truck division, has been appointed chairman for the global manufacturer’s Scania AB business unit.