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North American intermodal and global logistics firm Pacer International picked industry veteran Daniel L.

The Department of Transportation Thursday released "an initial concept document" for a new crossborder trucking agreement with Mexico, without setting deadlines.

North America’s major railroads saw intermodal volume rise 14.7 percent in 2010, while their railcar loads of commodities and bulk shipments including automobiles, lumber and chemicals rose 9.4 percen

Private short line operator Patriot Rail completed its acquisition of six small rail lines from paper industry firm Weyerhaeuser, giving the new owner 13 short lines in all.

Ryder System completed its acquisition of Total Logistics Control, a third-party logistics provider, for approximately $200 million.

The federal government will consider limiting the speed of all heavy trucks to 68 mph, a proposal some truckers support and others oppose.

The Surface Transportation Board is proposing a new regulation that would ensure Amtrak’s intercity passenger train system can keep operating even if an emergency knocks out its normal routes.

The Harbor Trucking Association of Southern California, in a brief filed Wednesday with the U.S.

Truck manufacturers closed 2010 with three strong months of orders for heavy rigs as truckers replaced older equipment they hung onto during the recession.

Wall Street firm J.P.

Old Dominion Freight Lines promoted several key executives following the death of John B. Yowell, executive vice president and chief operating officer.

South Carolina-based Southeastern Freight Lines is launching a truckload and logistics subsidiary, moving beyond its regional less-than-truckload market.

The Intermodal Association of North America elected a chairman, vice chair, treasurer and five directors, the board announced Jan. 5.

Intermodal middleman firm Pacer International said it replaced its credit financing arrangements with a new deal that cuts interest rates and fees and shrinks to two from eleven the number of particip

John B. Yowell, a veteran trucking executive who helped build Old Dominion Freight Line into an almost $2 billion company, died Dec. 30. He was 59 years old.

Norfolk Southern Railway on Dec.

Oregon International Port of Coos Bay finalized a transaction with Union Pacific Railroad transferring ownership of 23 miles of the Coos Bay rail line to the port.

Trucking company ABF Freight System is broadening its container service from the U.S. to the Dominican Republic as it expands its global portfolio.

The Surface Transportation Board rejected a claim by agricultural shipper Cargill that BNSF Railway was "double-dipping" in how the carrier assessed fuel surcharges, but the STB will let Cargill pursu

The nation’s largest truckload carriers are carefully matching capacity to demand and appear likely to keep supply tight baring a sharp spike in freight shipping, according to an analysis of fle

The American Trucking Associations filed its opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, charging that the U.S.

The Teamsters union gave YRC Worldwide until March 15 to make good on a plan that includes $300 million in new equity investment and debt reduction.

A wave of acquisitions could hit the U.S. trucking and logistics industries in 2011 as the economy slowly improves and cramped companies look to expand.

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2010 produced mixed results for the truckload, less-than-truckload and domestic parcel segments of the trucking industry.

Not every bankruptcy ends badly. There will be a mañana for USA Dry Van Logistics, a cross-border trucking specialist in McAllen, Texas, that emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Nov.

YRC Worldwide is dodging bullets, but it can’t stop dancing.

The rate of trucking bankruptcies is declining, but that’s not providing anyone buying trucking services much relief in available capacity.

There used to be some uniformity to the U.S. less-than-truckload industry, at least in the unionized wing of the business.

The Department of Transportation wrapped up negotiations with Alabama and Tennessee for a $105 million federal stimulus grant to help build intermodal terminals for Norfolk Southern Railway’s Cr

The incoming chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said the federal and state governments should increase existing highway capacity rather than spend millions for expanded

The Department of Transportation signed an implementing agreement for the big Colton Crossing project to use a $33.8 million stimulus

Illinois will see the first few miles of a new 110-mph passenger train service open in the coming year in the freight train corridor owned by Union Pacific Railroad.

Average diesel fuel prices across the United States jumped 4.6 cents in the week ending Dec. 27, according to the U.S.

YRC Worldwide is hiring Tom Gerke, former president and CEO of communications firm Embarq, as general counsel and executive vice president, effective Jan. 3.

Federal transportation regulators released a long-anticipated proposal Thursday that would overhaul work rules for truck drivers, but the long-anticipated proposal puts off a decision on whether

In this podcast, Senior Editor William B. Cassidy shares his thoughts on 2010's biggest trucking stories, and gives his predictions for the big stories of 2011.

State-owned rail operator Container Corporation of India said it will increase its freight charges for the movement of containerized cargo, starting Jan. 20, 2011.

A barrage of tough winter storms that hit large parts of North America with blizzard conditions, ice or dangerous cold temperatures put a dent into rail traffic this month, but not as much as a major