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As the first major railroad to report quarterly earnings, CSX Transportation often sets the tone for what to expect from the others.

For U.S. trade interests struggling for years with an antiquated Cold War-era export control system, your wait for reform is almost over.

State agencies, freight railroads, transit operators and intermodal project planners could tap an expanded rail loan program or visit a new one-stop financial aid shop if Department of Transportation

Container ships plying the trade between North America and North Europe are running close to full in both directions this spring.

For European airlines, the industry’s nascent recovery was carried away on what seemed to be a wisp of dust.

Diesel prices have risen above $3 a gallon, extending a months-long trend that is pinching owner-operators and forcing shippers to pay higher surcharges.

ABF Freight System’s tentative labor accord tries to dull the pain of wage cuts by promising employees payback for profit.

While other transportation modes were losing market share last year during the freight recession, domestic intermodal was growing. Now that most of the indicators in the U.S.

A sharp east-west difference of opinion is dividing the maritime community in New York harbor.

Dell Computer may be second among PC providers in the U.S., but its supply chain is No. 1.

Maersk Line formally announced Friday it will begin a pilot test of imposing a $10-per-container fee on U.S. export containers that do not arrive at their load ports starting on May 1.

As sales of Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks improved, manufacturer Paccar increased its profit 160 percent to $68.3 million in the first quarter.

Marten Transport earned net income of $3.9 million in the first quarter, compared with a profit of $4.1 million for the same quarter of 2009.

First-quarter profit for Boeing fell 15 percent to $519 million as deliveries fell 11 percent and the company took a non-cash charge related to changes in federal healthcare law.

AMB Property Corporation lost $620,000 in the first quarter, a marked improvement over the prior year as the industrial real estate developer recovers from the global recession, which struck hard at p

Forward Air reported a positive first quarter for 2010, with numbers up in revenue as well as income from operations over the last 12 months.

The latest week’s traffic at small railroads in North America was down moderately from a week earlier but was still the second-highest level in more than a year.

The American Trucking Associations concluded its testimony Thursday in its challenge to the concession requirements contained in the Port of Los Angeles clean-truck program, with interveners in the ca

Although many rail shippers see railroads raising their freight rates, some key equipment costs shippers pay are still declining this year.

The Justice Department on Thursday announced a guilty plea in a case involving enforcement of maritime environmental laws.

An International Longshoremen’s Association official in New Jersey was charged with extortion and commercial bribery in what authorities said was a scheme to shake down ILA members for “tr

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Hamburg Süd announced Friday that it will apply a general rate increase on June 1 to all cargo moving from U.S. West Coast ports and Vancouver to Europe.

ABF Freight System lost $35.7 million in the first quarter, a 25 percent larger loss than a year ago, as shipments rose from a year ago but declined from the fourth quarter.

Supporters of the port of Los Angeles clean trucks program stepped up the pressure on House leadership on Thursday when they presented a letter signed by 113 labor, environmental, community and religi

Rickmers Maritime Trust, the Singapore-based container affiliate of Rickmers Group, moved to pull itself out of its financial troubles with three initiatives it announced Friday.

Fesco, Russia's biggest ocean carrier, said its ships carried 22 percent more containers in the first quarter than a year ago while traffic at its box terminals grew even faster.

Orders for manufactured durable goods fell for the first time this year in April as demand for aircraft slumped, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Maersk Line plans to expand its Direct Chassis Link program to the Gulf and the Pacific Northwest port areas as of June 1.

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Third-party logistics giant C.H.

North America’s largest railroads are seeing a sharp pickup in traffic during April, with volume outpacing anything seen during 2009.

Union Pacific Railroad officials see their 3.5 percent “core pricing” gains in the first quarter as the low point of 2010, and look for their overall rates to strengthen more as the year c

An increase in shipments, value-added service sales and fuel surcharges helped boost Werner Enterprises' revenue to $425.1 million in the first quarter, an 8 percent year-over-year increase.

A firm recovery in truckload demand and higher fuel surcharges boosted Knight Transportation's revenue 11.4 percent from a year ago to $165.7 million in the first quarter.

BNSF Railway declared its new Memphis Intermodal Facility to be “fully operational” after a $200 million expansion, and cut the ribbon on it this week.

Cargolux, Europe's biggest all-cargo airline, said it lost $153 million in 2009 as falling cargo volume and shrinking margins slashed revenue by 34 percent to $1.3 billion.

CSX Transportation, one of the continent&rsquo;s largest freight railroads, sees the greatest security risk for its system from potential terrorist attacks on passenger trains that run on CSX tracks.<

The Senate this week took the first step in putting together its wish list for the 2010 edition of the Water Resources Development Act.

A court in Allegheny County, Pa., has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent rail equipment supplier L.B.