Truckload linehaul rates paid by North American shippers in June were 5.2 percent higher than in June of last year.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has opened or expanded three facilities in recent weeks.

Goodman Group, Australia's largest listed industrial property group, says its wholly owned North American subsidiary, Goodman Birtcher, has received approvals for the development of a proposed $350m logistics center in Linden, N.J. The project is part of the recently announced $1.4bn development pipeline in the key U.S. logistics markets of California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.