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The economic recession is opening new cracks in the road for the trucking industry — and thousands of tractors and trailers are falling through.

The economic recession is opening new cracks in the road for the trucking industry — and thousands of tractors and trailers are falling through.

As complaints mount about the slow pace of the federal stimulus program, planners of a truck staging ramp for shippers in St. Joseph, Mo., have just the opposite problem.

Taxing drivers by the number of miles they travel instead of the amount of fuel they buy has become a popular alternative for lawmakers as they look for ways to pay for the highway infrastructure of t

In 2007, when the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were experiencing robust growth, executives at the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority suggested collection of the rail corridor’s user fees

A 76-year-old truck driver was not paying attention when he slammed into six other vehicles on an Oklahoma highway, killing 10 people, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners executive committee unanimously approved a resolution urging Congress to amend federal transportation legislation to give ports regulatory control over harbor t

Canadian trucking and oilfield services company the Mullen Group earned a profit of $17.8 million on revenue of $202.7 million in the second quarter.

Transportation industry analysts said Friday trucking company YRC Worldwide may run out of cash in as little as three months after posting a $309 million net loss in the second quarter.

YRC Worldwide, the country’s largest less-than-truckload carrier, lost $309 million in the quarter ending June 30 as shippers apparently abandoned the troubled company in large numbers, sending

The Federal Maritime Commission is ending its investigation of the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks program, saying developments since it launched the probe last September have significantly dimini

At least 500 and perhaps more than 1,000 trucking companies shut down by the government for violating safety rules may still be operating under new names, say federal investigators.

Kansas City Southern named David R. Ebbrecht senior vice president operations for Kansas City Southern de Mexico.

Rail traffic strengthened again for large U.S.

Kansas City Southern, the smallest of North America’s major rail lines, earned $6.7 million in the April-June period, down 87 percent from the same point in 2008 but up from a $7.5 million loss

Canadian Pacific Railway had a 1.7 percent gain in second quarter net income to $145 million by selling part of its share in the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership, but saw hefty declines in freight rev

MAN SE rounded off a miserable reporting season for Europe’s truck makers by unveiling a 95 percent plunge in second quarter net profit amid plummeting sales and orders.

As YRC Worldwide readies its second quarter results, analysts, investors and YRC’s competitors are eager to gauge whether the trucking giant will survive the recession and emerge a leaner, more

Port Metro Vancouver is putting off any possible legal action against Canadian National Railway until it receives a promised report of how many containers CN will need to resume rail instead of truck

Daimler's truck business, the world's largest, swung to a second quarter loss of $716 million from an $857 million year-earlier profit on plunging global sales and restructuring costs in the United St

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Eastern-U.S. carrier Norfolk Southern Railway saw its profit plunge 45 percent from a year earlier in the April-June quarter to $245 million, as revenue fell 33 percent to $1.9 billion.

Rail equipment maker FreightCar America said it expects to report sales of $104 million for the second quarter, down sharply from $141 million in the same quarter in 2008 but a strong improvement from

Rail equipment supplier FreightCar America said it has been overstating its accounts payable, and will end up restating past financing reports and raising its profit levels since fourth-quarter 2007.<

Truck manufacturer Paccar earned $26.5 million in the second quarter compared to $313.5 million earned in the comparable period a year ago.

Same-day delivery and logistics specialist Dynamex hired Jason Bergman as vice president of U.S. national sales.

UPS on July 13 launched ground service for small packages from Mexico to the United States.

Truckload carrier Covenant Transportation Group lost $3.1 million in the second quarter of 2009 as freight revenue fell 19.4 percent to $129.2 million.

Truck tonnage in the United States fell at its sharpest year-over-year rate yet in the economic downturn, plunging 13.6 percent, and the American Trucking Associations issued a pessimistic outlook for

More than 30 shipper organizations sent a letter to Rep.

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel jumped 3.2 cents to $2.528 per gallon in the week ending July 27, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Intermodal and logistics firm Pacer International, in a sharp change in some of its transport operations as it struggles with steep losses, will sell its heavy-haul Pacer Transport trucking business t

Clean diesel and liquefied natural gas trucks now handle 52 percent of the containers moving through the Port of Long Beach, according to a study released by the port.

Union Pacific Railroad will have to grant rate relief and pay reparations to a captive Oklahoma utility, in amounts the Surface Transportation Board said could reach $100 million over 10 years, as the

A merger between two of the top U.S. truck stop operators could keep an ailing chain from scaling back some sites at a time when cross-country truck drivers are finding fewer places to rest.

Harbor trucking companies in Los Angeles and Long Beach should meet the Jan.

Canadian National Railway is taking a cautious track toward its goal of speeding up rail service around the congested Chicago Freight hub.

After running into roadblocks in court, interest groups that support organized labor want to use the surface transportation reauthorization as well as clean-trucks plans at Cal

At its two–hour meeting July 14 with several dozen members of the Association of Bi-State Motor Carriers, Maersk officials faced a number of questions over the broad outlines of its chassis strategy a

While many are looking out for a recovery in manufacturing and trade, the economic strain spreading through the shipping world is moving into a new phase, triggering changes in operations that may las