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North America’s small railroads – regional carriers and low-mileage short lines – pushed their volume to 92,646 new loads in the week ending Oct.

New intermodal loadings spiked at major U.S. railroads last week to their peak level so far this year, but carloads of bulk materials and heavy machinery or equipment slumped.

Membership is growing in a worldwide organization dedicated to stopping cargo crime.

Edward W. Rodzwicz, national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, faces a federal charge of bribery.

Freight transportation was on the upswing through the summer, as indicated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s closely watched Transportation Services Index.

Landstar System suffered a 38.7 percent decline in net profit in the third quarter, to $20.1 million, on a sharp drop in shipping demand across its trucking and brokerage businesses, the truckload ope

Weber Distribution is expanding a consolidation program that worked for a segment of its market to a broader base of customers.

A well-known rail and intermodal analyst, Ed Wolfe of Wolfe Research, is projecting that Pacer International could end up renegotiating its cut-rate contract with Union Pacific Railroad by getting out

The Evans Network of Companies acquired the container drayage, domestic truckload and brokerage assets of two southeastern U.S.

Short line operator RailAmerica may be looking for acquisitions now that it has completed an initial public offering of stock, said Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.

Surface transportation should show modest growth through 2010 and then take off strongly in 2011 with double-digit growth in volume, a Schneider Logistics executive said Tuesday.

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Retail diesel jumped an average of 1.8 cents last week to $2.60 per gallon after falling for five weeks in a row, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

A key part of a busy truck route in Ohio is going to get a makeover, years ahead of schedule, thanks to the federal stimulus program.

Quality Distribution sold one of its tank cleaning subsidiaries to a company formed by its former president.

Short line holding company Genesee &Wyoming said traffic fell 16.7 percent in the third quarter on lines it held a year earlier, but newly acquired properties brought in enough business that its c

RailAmerica said its initial public offering of stock – 10.5 million shares by the short line holding firm and 11.5 million by an affiliate of its owner, Fortress Investment Group – priced

Executives of the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads will join representatives of the six major West Coast container ports to promote the ports as an efficient and environmentally-friendly gateway for A

YRC Worldwide won an extension of a deadline by which it must have and maintain $100 million in liquidity — but only for a few weeks — as it strives to avoid bankruptcy.

A minority stake in the short line holding company RailAmerica, owned by Fortress Investment Group, will be offered for sale through an initial public offering of common stock.

A former top rail regulatory lawyer is asking the Surface Transportation Board to review its December decision allowing Canadian National Railway to acquire a suburban Chicago short line.

Intermodal equipment providers who fear the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Dec.

Rail traffic was already on shaky ground when heavy rainstorms in the Southeast waterlogged key parts of the national network during what should have been a busy workweek.

Social networking sites and services such as Facebook and Twitter are beginning to change the way carriers interact with a new generation of shippers.

If the average consumer were asked to name an innovative industry using dynamic new technology, odds are trucking wouldn’t leap to the tip of the tongue.

The key to delivering innovation is the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances, making technology that provides real-time support increasingly critical, says Mike Naatz, executive vice pre

Freight traffic at North America’s small railroads turned in its strongest weekly performance since Aug. 22, in the RMI RailConnect index of short line activity.

YRC Worldwide's Canadian subsidiary, YRC Reimer, formerly known as Reimer Express, closed its operations in Edmonton, Alberta, after Teamster employees there refused wage and benefit reductions, the

The world’s largest truck manufacturer is guardedly optimistic that sales in North America and Europe have hit bottom and will improve, but expects the greatest growth in coming years from the d

The city of Beaumont, Texas should see a marked improvement in downtown traffic congestion thanks to the Port of Beaumont’s $10.5 million rail improvement project, now being reviewed by the stat

The lull suggested by recent carload freight loadings at major U.S. railroads was evident again in the latest week, as volume showed only a mild rebound from flood-depressed levels.

Kansas City Southern had predicted for months that finances for the rail company would improve after it wrapped up a costly track project near Houston and issued more stock.

Trucking industry leaders gathered in Las Vegas today voted to support a bill that would ban cell-phone text messaging by motorists and truckers alike.

If you’ve got a big complaint on rail issues to put before the Surface Transportation Board, federal regulators will now want to hear your argument, up close and personal.

A year after Congress told federal regulators to issue $20 million in grants to help short line railroads recover from storm damages, the Federal Railroad Administration is ready to make the final $5

The agency that regulates trucking safety plans to offer carriers access to an electronic database of drivers’ inspection and accident records starting in December.

The top Republican on the Senate’s Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee predicted that truckers, manufacturers and other key industry groups will push for a higher federal motor fuels

Truckload demand is improving across parts of the United States, helping turn around a decline in pricing and raise prospects for higher rates in coming months, an investment analyst said in a report