Echo Global Logistics Inc. on Feb. 3 reported higher year-over-year increases in earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter of 2020.

Echo Global Logistics posted record revenue and higher profits in the fourth quarter of 2018 as strong freight demand boosted demand for freight brokerage services and more shippers outsourced freight management activities.

Echo Global Logistics reported record second-quarter net income of $7.7 million from a loss of $200,000 in the second quarter of 2017. The Chicago-based third-party logistics company reported earnings per share of 28 cents, up from a loss of minus 1 cent a share a year ago.

Echo Global Logistics reported record revenue in the first quarter of 2018 and posted a profit, compared with a loss a year ago, as tight capacity drove more business to third-party transportation service providers.

Echo Global Logistics revenues surged 34.6% and profits beat analysts’ expectations by a large margin in the three months ended Dec. 31.

Ryder System Inc. reported record revenue but lower profits in the third quarter of 2017.

Third-party logistics firms capitalized on stronger demand to transport freight this summer but spent more to purchase trucks, resulting in what Wall Street analysts predict will be a mixed-earnings season.

Echo Global Logistics set a new record on July 27 after failing to make a profit for the third consecutive quarter, which hasn’t happened once since the company went public in mid-2009.