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Profit at same-day delivery and logistics company Dynamex fell 56.7 percent to $1.6 million on sales of $92 million in its fiscal third quarter ending April 30 partly as a result of lower shipment vol

BNSF Railway is touting recent gains for its intermodal service expansions in the wake of Hub Group’s decision to switch most traffic to rival Union Pacific Railroad, and a spokesman said BNSF d

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Two of the Obama administration’s highest-level policy salesmen urged governors to push forward “bold” plans to develop high-speed passenger rail systems, and in the process unclog c

FedEx will take some $1.2 billion in charges against its fiscal fourth quarter earnings, including charges against its purchased Kinko’s and Watkins Motor Lines businesses, the company announced

Trucking interests are disputing government claims that exemptions to hours-of-service regulations for carriers of agricultural commodities make those carriers less safe.

Intermodal shipper Hub Group will start shifting 8,400 domestic containers next week away from BNSF Railway and into the hands of rival Union Pacific Railroad, partly drawn by UP’s service of pr

Intermodal middleman firm Hub Group, one of the industry leaders, will shift the majority of its western-U.S.

Economic recovery will occur when consumer spending turns around, unemployment bottoms out and the business inventory-to-sales ratio improves, but that will take awhile, according to the chief economi

Mexican truckers, frustrated with the pace of efforts to reestablish a cross-border trucking program in Washington, are seeking $6 billion in damages from the United States.

Brighton, Mich.-based Pilot Transport, a niche carrier specializing in transporting specialty, research and development, show and prototype vehicles, named Rodger Dowdell vice president of business de

YRC Worldwide fired four top executives as part of a management reorganization the company says will allow it to execute critical decisions throughout the company fast

Estes Express Lines opened a 12-door terminal in Hope, Ark. to help meet growing demand for less-than-truckload freight in the Southwest.

If there is good news for rail labor in the latest report on job cuts, it’s that the decline of freight railroad employment slowed from mid-March to mid-April.

The average retail price of diesel fuel jumped 7.8 cents last week to $2.352 per gallon in the largest increase since March, according to figures released Monday by the U.S.

The New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund is seeking two months worth of pension fund contributions from YRC Worldwide and is threatening to take legal action if not paid.

A powerful shippers’ lobby, the National Industrial Transportation League, threw its weight behind a Senate bill to strip freight railroads of a limited antitrust immunity.

It is still early, but the signs aren’t looking good.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sees a strong need to improve the country’s freight infrastructure, but the administration won’t back a higher fuel tax to pay for the work.

After months of delay and behind-the-scenes planning, Congress may be set to act on some major legislative goals of frustrated railroad customers.

For anyone wondering if shippers and cargo carriers could work together toward common goals, the Freight Stakeholders Coalition is a rare example of idealism in public policy.

Plans by General Motors and Chrysler to close a combined 1,900 dealerships are the latest bad news for car-hauling trucking companies hurt by problems in an industry decimated by high fuel prices last

North American railroads are relatively unique in that they operate on rights-of-way that are generally privately owned.

Truckload executives say volumes are firming and rates stabilizing. Less-than-truckload and rail executives say demand is weak. And shippers expect volumes to decline further.

The sharp fall in fuel prices that helped prop up marginal trucking operators for eight months came to an abrupt halt in March, and after two months of increases, some of those carriers must choose be

When the 343 short line railroads that report to RMI’s RailConnect Index said their total loads rose by 2,031 units in the latest week, they may have punched through a low-hanging cloud.

Talks between at least two Senate staffs, representing different committees with separate legislation in the works to alter the freight railroads’ relationships with shippers and communities, co

The Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust, one of approximately 20 separate multi-employer pension plans to which YRC contributes, has referred its 10 YRC accounts to its attorneys for collect

With stricter border documentation requirements set to start June 1, Canadian truckers are “on edge” about how the new rules will be applied to drivers delivering exports into the United S

Liquid bulk carrier DisTech opened a terminal near Cincinnati as part of a plan to relocate into bigger facilities to take advantage of transportation options.

FTR Associates is forecasting the economy will stabilize in the third quarter, followed by a moderate recovery in 2010 with GDP growth estimated to rise 2.7 percent, data the firm says suggests the wo

If this is the bottom, U.S. railroads are dragging along it with only a small hint at climbing out of the hole.

The American Trucking Associations will support legislation limiting tolls on federal highways while the Obama administration is keeping tolling on the table as a way to pay for maintaining and upgrad

Saia cut transit times by a day for freight moving between Atlanta and the Midwest as a result of improved density that allows for more direct moves.

Two of the nation’s largest trucking organizations are at odds over legislation establishing a national database for commercial driver drug and alcohol test results.

Truck tonnage in the United States fell at its sharpest rate in 13 years in April as an apparent inventory correction hit in the midst of the lowest point yet for demand during the recession.

The national average price for diesel fuel grew for the third straight week for the week of May 25, according to the U.S.

CN reached settlements on all outstanding charges related to derailments that occurred at Wabamun, Alta. on Aug. 3, 2005 and at Cheakamus, B.C. on Aug. 5, 2005.

In June, BNSF Railway will begin the first of five maintenance-of-way projects in South Dakota.

UPS Freight, the less-than-truckload division of UPS, cut transit times between northeast Kansas and more than 70 cities from California to Virginia.