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Interstate 5 near Chehalis, Wash., reopened to truck traffic Thursday night after road crews drained the highway that had been closed since Monday due to flooding from storms, the Seattle Times reported.

Velocity Express Corp. said its board authorized a 1-for-15 reverse stock split, effective Friday morning.

Air and ocean freight forwarder UTi Worldwide said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 14% to $34.9 million or 35 cents a share, from $30.5 million or 31 cents a year ago.

Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. reported its fiscal first-quarter net income rose to $4 million or 39 cents a share, from $3.6 million or 34 cents a year earlier.

Patriot Transportation Holding said that Chief Executive Officer John Anderson will retire in February. He will be succeeded by John Baker.

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents 4,500 locomotive engineers and conductors, reached an agreement with rail line Canadian Pacific on a revised tentative five-year contract settlement, CP said.

Interstate 5, part of which has been closed in Washington state since Monday due to flooding, could reopen to limited truck traffic Thursday night, the Seattle Times reported on its Web site.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group said Wednesday it has completed the two million share stock repurchase program authorized by its board in late October.

Oil prices dipped Wednesday following an Energy Department report that showed distillate inventories, which include diesel fuel and home heating oil, rose last week.