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Universal Truckload Services reported a profit Thursday of $3.6 million for the 13 weeks ended March 3, up 24.1 percent from $2.9 million for the 13 weeks ended April 2 of last year.

Record revenue growth of 17.6 percent pushed Old Dominion Freight Line profit up 44.1 percent year-over-year in the first quarter to $31.1 million.

RailAmerica lost $40.2 million in the first quarter, as an $82.4 million charge related to the early retirement of debt offset a 15 percent year-over-year revenue increase.

Pacer International on Thursday reported a 3.5 percent decrease in revenue to $345.9 million in the first quarter

Package delivery giant UPS reported a 4.3 percent increase in first quarter revenue to $13.1 billion from $12.6 billion a year earlier.

Trinity Industries, North America’s largest railcar manufacturer, in the first quarter shipped twice as many railcars as it did a year ago, but new orders fell year-over-year, suggesting the rai

Vitran's losses deepened in the first quarter to $5.8 million as the Canadian-based company struggled to improve its U.S. less-than-truckload operations.

The threat of a national railroad labor action further receded, after a union representing maintenance of way employees joined the 12 other railroad unions in accepting a contract with major U.S.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide moved more freight in the first quarter, but higher trucking costs bit into the non-asset logistics company’s truckload net margin.

Canadian trucking giant TransForce acquired certain assets of Peak USA Energy Services, an oilfield trucking business in Texas, for approximately $10 million.

Trucking costs in Canada are steadily rising in early 2012 and are 10 percent higher than in March 2011, according to a monthly index of Canadian shipping costs.

Norfolk Southern reported record profit for the first quarter, as the railroad’s pricing power on slim volume growth boosted earnings 26 percent year-over-year to $410 million.

Truck freight increased in March, but at a slower pace, as the American Trucking Associations For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.2 percent from February.

Kansas City Southern boosted first-quarter profit 19.6 percent year-over-year to $74.9 million, as strong intermodal and automotive growth pushed the railroad to record revenue and volume.

RailAmerica tapped GaryLewis, an industry veteran of more than 20 years, as chief commercial officer and senior vice president of the 44-railroad holding company.

Canadian National Railway profit in the first quarter jumped 16 percent year-over-year to $781.3 million, as the largest Canadian railroad saw double-digit revenue growth in six of its seven business

Same-day carrier Dynamex is launching a truckload division, Dynamex Truckload Services, to haul larger, heavier freight for its shipper customers.

Diesel prices across the U.S. fell the most since mid-December, dropping 4.2 cents in the week ending April 23 as oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel.

Roadrunner Transportation, one of the fastest-growing U.S. trucking companies, acquired flatbed carrier D&E Transport last week for about $11.2 million.

Ask a trucking CEO why it’s so hard to hire drivers, and extended unemployment benefits will likely be the first thing past his lips.

The impact of declining coal business on East Coast railroads may have been greatly exaggerated, but the recent sharp fall-off in those volumes foreshadows a future in which CSX Transportation and Nor

Intermodal rail service from West Coast ports involves much more than placing a marine container on a train in Los Angeles or Seattle and lifting it off at an inland rail ramp.

When the end came for J&A Transportation, the only surprise was how long it took.

The number of drivers employed handling big rigs in the U.S.

Higher truckload pricing helped Swift Transportation nearly double its first quarter profit from a year earlier, raising net income to $6.2 million on $826.9 million in revenue.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide is asking its lenders to renegotiate the credit agreement that paved the way for its $500 million financial restructuring last July.

Hub Group reported a 15 percent increase in intermodal freight volume in the first quarter, boosting its intermodal revenue 20 percent to $404 million.

Canadian Pacific Railway in the first quarter quadrupled its profit and improved its operating ratio, a key measure of profitability, as the railroad's management fends off a proxy fight from an activ

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending April 14 rose 1.6 percent year-over-year and 1.3 percent from the previous week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Norfolk Southern Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway are expanding their intermodal rail service linking Mexico and the U.S.

Steady improvement in demand for trucking and non-asset logistics services boosted Werner Enterprises first quarter net profit 30 percent to $21.5 million.

Union Pacific saw first quarter revenue rise 14 percent year-over-year to $5.1 billion, as double-digit increases in four of its six business groups pushed the railroad to a record quarter.

Greater emphasis on regional trucking boosted first quarter revenue and profit at refrigerated trucking and logistics operator Marten Transport, Mondovi, Wis.

Productivity gains from an expanding fleet of drivers and tractor-trailers helped truckload carrier Heartland Express outrun higher costs in the first quarter.

CSX boosted first quarter revenue 6 percent year-over-year to nearly $3 billion despite volume rising only 1 percent, exemplifying the strong pricing power major railroads have amid moderate freight g

Netherlands-based logistics provider CEVA is extending its Asian cross-border road freight services to include less-than-truckload services.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending April 7 rose 1.1 percent year-over-year and fell. 4.7 percent from the previous week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

All it took was the March 25 shutdown of a single North Sea oil platform to boost Brent crude oil prices $1 a barrel.

Booming natural gas production isn’t just giving the truck industry extra loads to haul.

Rail Logistics-Cold Train and Interstate Distributor forged a partnership in which Cold Train will use a dedicated fleet of trucks from Interstate Distributor for short-haul drayage service to and fro