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Following announcement by other less-than-truckload carriers, Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it will implement a 6.9% rate increase, effective July 16.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it has acquired Massachusetts-based refrigerated truckload carrier CTW Transport for about $7.5 million.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it has acquired The James Brooks Co., a provider of intermodal transportation and related services to the California ports of Oakland and Los Angeles/Long Beach.

Less-than-truckload carrier Roadrunner Transportation Systems said May 31 it had bought refrigerated carrier Bruenger Trucking Co. in a deal that could be worth up to $13.6 million.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems reported a first-quarter profit of $4.4 million, or 14 cents a share, up from $940,000, or 5 cents, a year ago.

In a move to broaden its service offerings, Roadrunner Transportation Systems has made what’s believed to be the first purchase of an intermodal drayage fleet by a primarily less-than-truckload carrier.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems reported a fourth-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago, as less-than-truckload tonnage improved.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, which went public in May, said its net income rose to $4.4 million, or 14 cents per share, compared with $100,000, or 1 cent, a year ago.