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A strong surge in intermodal traffic pushed Kansas City Southern’s net profit up 60 percent to $52 million in the fourth quarter, extending a strong string of profit reports from North American

Congressional leaders are moving a new six-year surface transportation bill higher on their priority lists after President Obama’s call for infrastructure investment in his State of the Union ad

Higher intermodal and logistics revenue boosted fourth quarter profits and sales at temperature-controlled trucker Marten Transport, Mondovi, Wis.

Truck tonnage rose 5.7 percent last year compared with 2009, helping tonnage to recovery from an 8.7 percent plunge, the American Trucking Associations said.

Canadian Pacific Railway’s fourth quarter net income spiked 27 percent from a year earlier to $187 million (C$186 million), outpacing a 13 percent rise in revenue to $1.3 billion.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group’s net profit increased to $2.9 million in its last quarter, nearly triple its net income a year ago of $1 million.

Transportation trade groups are praising President Obama's call to rebuild the nation’s efforts infrastructure but some members of Congress say the administration will have to put more details b

Norfolk Southern earned a net profit of $402 million in the fourth quarter, a 31 percent gain compared with a year earlier, as revenue grew 14 percent to $2.4 billion, the railroad said Tuesday.

The seven largest freight railroads trimmed 642 positions from their combined U.S.

Swift Transportation raised its operating revenue 16.8 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter to $780.4 million as it increased volume and raised rates.

Canadian National Railway saw its fourth quarter operating income rise 18.5 percent from a year earlier to $774 million while revenue rose 12.5 percent to $2.1 billion.

CSX Transportation’s net profit rose 42 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier to $430 million, with a revenue gain of 21 percent to $2.82 billion, the railroad announced Monday.

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Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Auto Workers union reached a tentative contract agreement early Jan. 24 that heads off a potential strike that was less than a day away.

Trucking operators aren’t buying trucks to expand capacity; they’re buying trucking companies.

For railroads and shippers monitoring the Surface Transportation Board’s heavy slate this year, add this to your watch list: The board is likely to have a new look.

Canadian trucking operator Vitran is trying to redraw North America’s less-than-truckload map, and its own expansion strategy, by acquiring the LTL business of Milan Express.

Faced with the risk that the Obama administration could reject its effort to borrow $553 million from a little-used, low-cost federal rail credit program, the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

When the Surface Transportation Board in December slapped Canadian National Railway with an unprecedented $250,000 fine over how it reported roadway blockages, it set off the first flare in what is sh

National retailers and importers call the idea of spreading use of major North American gateways around the continent a four-corners strategy of supply chain management. That puts U.S.

Truck safety regulators are focusing increasingly not on the truck but on the driver who operates it.

Sometime in the next few months, President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will unveil a broad, new vision for the border separating the world’s two largest trading partners, re

When supply chain logisticians explain why the Pacific Northwest is a key option in their four-corners strategy in North America, they sum up their argument in two words: intermodal rail.

Why should anyone worry about improving bridges between the U.S. and Canada? U.S. imports plummeted 33 percent between from 2008 to 2009, and U.S. exports slid 21 percent.

Heartland Express increased its profit 43.9 percent year-over-year to $15.4 million in the fourth quarter, as sales rose 13.7 percent to $129.2 million.

The House Republican Study Committee wants to zero out President Obama's grants program that gives states seed money to develop inter-city passenger rail service and to wipe out annual subsidies as we

India’s Port of Chennai, which is struggling to cope with increased congestion, broke ground on the Chennai-Ennore road connectivity project, a long-standing demand of trade and user associations.

Trucking companies are telling Union Pacific Railroad are indicating they want to push a greater share of their freight onto trains for long-haul transport, says James R.

Heavy truck sales hit their highest point since May 2006 in December, as trucking companies put newfound profits into new vehicles, said ACT Research.

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Union Pacific Railroad, capping what it called the most profitable year in the railroad’s history, reported a $775 million net profit in the fourth quarter on Thursday that was 41 percent better than

Average diesel fuel prices leaped 7.4 cents a gallon across the United States in the past week, the sharpest increase in a two-month surge in pricing that has pushed cost of the fuel to $3.407 a gallo

Truckload demand is slackening in January, loosening freight capacity that tightened during the pre-holiday shipping season, according to Longbow Research.

Rick Gabrielson of Target and George Schember, vice president, corporate transportation and logistics at Cargill, will receive the first Connie awards to be presented at an event in the Midwest by the

ABF Freight System is taking its legal challenge against concession agreements negotiated by YRC Worldwide and the Teamsters to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is slashing its request for a federal rail program loan to $83.7 million from an earlier $553 million, in a bid to lock in the federal credit to help rest

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he expects to have an agreement to revive cross-border trucking between the U.S. and Mexico by the middle of the year after sending U.S.

Trucking company Cargo Transportation Services can attempt to reorganize after a U.S. bankruptcy court judge gave the company the cash it needs to keep rolling.

Truckload carrier Titan Transfer saw its strongest freight demand of the fourth quarter in December, a sharp change from normal seasonal trends that suggests pent-up shipping demand in the U.S.

The spot market for truckload freight surged 55 percent year-over-year in December, according to the TransCore North American Freight Index.