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Hair samples would be used to screen truck drivers for illegal drug use if a bill introduced in the House of Representatives this week becomes law.

Canadian Pacific Railway’s announcement this week of plans to trim its network and cut a quarter of its work force over the next four years is just the beginning of the changes coming down the tracks for the railroad.

Clean Energy is completing the first stage of its 150-station LNG fueling network for truckers and plans to add 70 to 80 more stations next year. An iPhone app will help truckers locate stations, and new heavy-duty LNG engines will be better suited to long-haul trucking.

North America heavy-duty gross vehicle weight Classes 5-7 preliminary net orders in November returned to prevailing trend levels, while Class 8 orders fell from October’s “best since January” volume.

Trucking company R+L Carriers is speeding shipments with a new bundle of expedited, mode-neutral services.

Canadian Pacific Railway plans to run faster and longer trains, cut roughly 4,500 positions and possibly sell rail lines in the U.S.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged package giant UPS with religious discrimination in a lawsuit filed on behalf a Jehovah’s Witness fired by the company.

FedEx will raise FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery rates on average 5.9 percent Jan. 7.

“Virtually everyone” in the trucking industry expects natural gas trucks to comprise a growing share of the Class 8 tractor market, although industry participants differ in their market share expectations.

Luxembourg-based overland transportation company Wallenborn Transport today announced expansion in Belgium, the Netherlands and the U.K., including the opening of new offices Amsterdam and London...

Freight demand improved sequentially in November after a weak October, partly because of Hurricane Sandy and partly because of strong Black Friday and Cyber Monday retail sales...

Canadian National Railway in 2013 will continue to strengthen its intermodal connections to the ports of Prince Rupert and Metro Vancouver and build on its terminal network.

Federal regulators ordered a truck driver involved in a fatal crash off the road after discovering he had a medical condition that disqualifies him from driving.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is proposing a two-year contract with ABF Freight System that would include a $1 per hour wage hike in each year.

The American Waterways Operators and Waterways Council continue to warn the federal government of the detrimental economic effects of further restrictions or possible closure of...

Dordrecht, Netherlands-based Trifleet Leasing, a tank container lessor, has appointed Blue Service as its agent to develop markets in Czech Republic and Slovakia for tank container leasing.

The U.S. Department of Transportation today awarded more than $3.2 million to Washington state to improve capacity and reliability for freight and intercity passenger rail in the Pacific Northwest.

Help Inc., a nonprofit specializing in transportation safety, recently elected two trucking association executives to leadership positions.

The trucking and railroad industries face little risk of regulatory surprises in the next few years, as the pipeline of rules laid out in President Obama’s first term will continue to flow through his second.

An exemption to certain federal safety rules for truck drivers and trucking companies delivering aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy expired Nov. 27.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States; Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, Kazakhstan’s state-owned national railway company; and KTZ’s subsidiary Joint Stock Company Lokomotiv recently signed an agreement for a $425 million loan to finance the sale of 200 General Electric Evolution Series locomotives and locomotive kits to KTZ.

Planning helped the less-than-truckload carrier New England Motor Freight get back in business quickly in the days following Hurricane Sandy.

U.S. spot intermodal rates, particularly lanes west to east, are gradually weakening off of the peak holiday volume period earlier in the fall, according to data from 3PL IDS Transportation.

Intermodal trucking company H&M International Transportation today announced that its trucking division will begin operating under the name H&M Terminals Transport, starting Jan. 1.

Canadian Pacific Railway will move most of its head office from downtown Calgary in Alberta to office space in Ogden, as part of the company’s operational cost cutting...

China and India today signed a memorandum of understanding to promote technical cooperation in the railway sector, including high-speed rail, heavy cargo and station development.

Etihad Rail, developer and operator of the United Arab Emirates’ national railway, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Sharjah Cement Factory, a subsidiary of Sharjah Cement & Industrial Development Company...

The truck equipment market defied economic uncertainty and Hurricane Sandy in October, as net orders for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and trailers surged, according to ACT Research.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems is opening a new less-than-truckload outbound service center serving New England.

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ board of directors recently voted to elect Michael Lewis, Rhode Island’s transportation director, as president for 2013.