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Trucking rates have nowhere to go but up, and they’re ready now, several speakers told freight shippers Tuesday at NASSTRAC's annual conference.

Norfolk Southern Railway’s first-quarter profit soared 45 percent over a year earlier to $257 million, while operating revenue swelled 15 percent to $2.238 billion.

Truck engine manufacturer Cummins earned net income attributable to the company of $149 million in the first quarter, a significant improvement on the $7 million earned in the same quarter a year earl

The railroad industry handed rail safety regulators a new study that contradicts one offered by chlorine shippers, arguing that the high costs to railroads of installing federally mandated crash-avoid

Trucking company FedEx Freight, which has pointedly rejected rail transport in the past, could switch and turn to intermodal in coming years if the price is right and customers want the option.

Kansas City Southern, the smallest of the North American Class I railroads, posted a $32.6 million profit in the first quarter after an $8.1 million loss a year earlier, as revenue leaped 26 percent t

Renewed demand added to loaded miles for Celadon, lifting revenue in the company’s fiscal third quarter and helping the truckload carrier to earn a small profit.

Trucking executives say they are increasingly concerned that federal transportation policies could lead to underinvestment in highways, roads and bridges.

Canadian National Railway’s net profit grew 20.5 percent in the first quarter from the recession period a year earlier as revenue grew 5.7 percent and the carrier reported a 1.2 percent drop in

Truckload carrier USA Truck says the new emission regulation that took place starting in January is affecting its equipment costs and replacement strategy.

The average price of diesel edged up four-tenths of a cent to $3.078 per gallon last week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Ryder System net profit soared 82 percent in the first quarter to $12.4 million, bouncing back from a deep decline in the recession.

Dry-van truckload carrier USA Truck saw its first-quarter net loss expand 59 percent from a year earlier to $2.9 million but said it is making headway on diversifying the revenue stream and increasing

The Department of Transportation’s total spending under the economic stimulus package reached $10.893 billion as of April 16, up $456 million since the end of March.

ABF Freight System workers in Connecticut were credited with helping police seize 13.5 pounds of marijuana and arrest two people on drug charges.

ABF Freight System’s tentative labor accord tries to dull the pain of wage cuts by promising employees payback for profit.

While other transportation modes were losing market share last year during the freight recession, domestic intermodal was growing. Now that most of the indicators in the U.S.

State agencies, freight railroads, transit operators and intermodal project planners could tap an expanded rail loan program or visit a new one-stop financial aid shop if Department of Transportation

The economic recovery increasingly is showing up on highways, on loading docks, in trailers and on the bottom lines of two of the largest truckload carriers, giving credence to claims the freight econ

For the second time in a year, the Teamsters union is offering a major trucking employer significant concessions to keep its trucks and drivers in the battle for shippers.

As the first major railroad to report quarterly earnings, CSX Transportation often sets the tone for what to expect from the others.

Diesel prices have risen above $3 a gallon, extending a months-long trend that is pinching owner-operators and forcing shippers to pay higher surcharges.

As sales of Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks improved, manufacturer Paccar increased its profit 160 percent to $68.3 million in the first quarter.

Marten Transport earned net income of $3.9 million in the first quarter, compared with a profit of $4.1 million for the same quarter of 2009.

The latest week’s traffic at small railroads in North America was down moderately from a week earlier but was still the second-highest level in more than a year.

Although many rail shippers see railroads raising their freight rates, some key equipment costs shippers pay are still declining this year.

ABF Freight System lost $35.7 million in the first quarter, a 25 percent larger loss than a year ago, as shipments rose from a year ago but declined from the fourth quarter.

Third-party logistics giant C.H.

North America’s largest railroads are seeing a sharp pickup in traffic during April, with volume outpacing anything seen during 2009.

Union Pacific Railroad officials see their 3.5 percent “core pricing” gains in the first quarter as the low point of 2010, and look for their overall rates to strengthen more as the year c

An increase in shipments, value-added service sales and fuel surcharges helped boost Werner Enterprises' revenue to $425.1 million in the first quarter, an 8 percent year-over-year increase.

A firm recovery in truckload demand and higher fuel surcharges boosted Knight Transportation's revenue 11.4 percent from a year ago to $165.7 million in the first quarter.

BNSF Railway declared its new Memphis Intermodal Facility to be “fully operational” after a $200 million expansion, and cut the ribbon on it this week.

CSX Transportation, one of the continent&rsquo;s largest freight railroads, sees the greatest security risk for its system from potential terrorist attacks on passenger trains that run on CSX tracks.<

A court in Allegheny County, Pa., has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent rail equipment supplier L.B.

Rail and construction equipment supplier L.B. Foster saw net income fall 41 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter to $1.75 million but said new business orders also increased.

The biggest railroad just got bigger, as Union Pacific saw profit jump 43 percent in the first quarter to $516 million, from the same period in 2009, while revenue grew 16 percent to $3.755 billion.

In light of a new Surface Transportation Board summons to explain how often its trains have blocked rail crossings in Chicago suburbs, Canadian National Railway says its own reports to the STB openly

With business growing solidly in all its business lines, intermodal firm Hub Group posted a first quarter profit gain of 41 percent from the weak 2009 period.

Intermodal shipment consolidator Hub Group will buy a total of 2,500 new domestic, jumbo-sized containers this year, amid a demand surge that has it near full capacity.