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The seven largest railroads added 935 employees to their U.S. operations from mid-March to mid-April, for a new high since the recovery began in 2009.

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Rail products supplier L.B. Foster is in the hunt for a new CEO, as Stan L. Hasselbusch said he will retire from that post effective Dec. 31.

If Congress and the Obama administration are serious about fixing the United States’ aging surface transportation system, and move beyond repairs to true long-term investments, they will have to

Supply chain education is spreading beyond the campus and reaching for the high school classroom.

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The recovery gave urgency to expedited truck transportation in 2010, as the five largest U.S. expedited carriers increased their combined revenue 22.2 percent.

U.S. freight tonnage will grow 24 percent through 2022, with trucking hauling 70 percent of all freight by that year, the American Trucking Associations said.

For-hire trucking software provider TMW Systems acquired Appian Logistics Software, extending its reach into the private fleet and logistics markets.

Regional less-than-truckload carrier Pitt Ohio will purchase 125 tractors and 100 trailers this year, as the company benefits from a “solid” if not robust economic recovery.

Intermodal traffic on U.S.

Net orders for heavy trucks surged 31 percent in April from March, an ordering pace that is creating a bulging backlog that will strain truck production lines.

CSX Transportation said it will invest an additional $160 million over the next several years to complete the National Gateway between the mid-Atlantic and Midwest, bringing the project to the full fu

TransCore’s North American Freight Index fell 14 percent in April from March, when the index reached its highest level since 2005 after three months of posting record numbers.

A key cross-border trucking route linking Western Canada and the U.S. is open to traffic Tuesday after being closed for nearly a month because of severe flooding.

Average diesel prices across the U.S. fell for the second week in a row in the past week, sliding 4.3 cents a gallon to the lowest point in more than a month, the U.S.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected BNSF Railway’s attempt to overturn a 2009 regulatory case decision that the railroad charged unreasonable rates on some coal shipments.

President Obama gave a strong push to a transportation infrastructure program that builds on the 2009 stimulus program to repair roads, re-engineer the rail system and “maintain a world-class lo

In the days after the May 1 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, news that al Qaeda, the terrorist group he founded and led, considered an attack on the U.S.

Less-than-truckload carriers spent the better part of last year stuck behind truckload operators, struggling to raise rates.

Any widespread shutdown of train systems in the aftermath of an attack — even for a few days — would quickly ripple through the U.S.

The number of grain barges unloading at New Orleans in recent weeks has dropped 14 percent from average levels for this time of year, the U.S.

Demand for marine containers grew faster in this year’s first quarter than for domestic intermodal containers or trailers, the Intermodal Association of North America said.

Market conditions are worsening for U.S. shippers as truck capacity tightens and fuel prices and surcharges rise, an index released by FTR Associates shows.

Kirby Corp., a major U.S.

Bulk shipper costs are escalating for the second quarter, an industry analyst said, because of heavy flooding on major U.S. rivers.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell 0.5 percent in April after rising 2.7 percent in March, underscoring what the index sponsors called a “fitful” recovery.

GE Transportation says it will open a locomotive manufacturing facility in Texas, with production to start next year.

Carload traffic on North America’s largest railroads slipped 1 percent in the most recent week, extending a slide the rails have seen for the past month even as intermodal volume maintains stron

Railcar and barge manufacturer Greenbrier Companies named Mark Eitzen as vice president and general manager of its Gunderson factory in Portland, Ore., the company’s key freight car plant in Nor

Canadian National is spending nearly US$39 million to add tracks and make rail yard improvements on busy lanes in and east of Edmonton, Alberta, that handle rail traffic for Canada and the U.S.

A major retail shipper says ocean carriers have not stopped providing chassis for imported container moves despite widespread shipping company announcements and that he’ll try to opt out of any

Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., will re-introduce a bill Wednesday aimed at creating safer and more secure parking spaces for long-haul truck drivers.

The weekly Longbow Research Truckload Barometer increased 1.3 percent last week, ending a month-long drop in April, indicating tighter availability of trucks in parts of the U.S., the investment resea

YRC Worldwide is searching for engineers to help optimize its network to save fuel — and money — by making the trucking company greener and more efficient.

April loadings of bulk commodities and other cargoes aboard large freight cars declined in April for major U.S. railroads, which could suggest some weakness in economic momentum.

North American railcars owners reduced their number of idled or stored units by 7,421 in April to 276,228, the lowest since cars in storage peaked at more than 500,000 in June and July 2009.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to extend the deadline for its truck driver hours-of-service rule as it seeks additional comments.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, unveiling a shift in strategy for allocating federal rail spending, sent $2 billion on Monday to passenger networks around the country after Florida had rejected t