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Companies that own trucks and those that don’t are finding the surest route to profit in the downturn may be through the third-party brokerage market.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as the American Trucking Associations, claim they got what they wanted in last week’s decision by U.S. District Court Judge Christina A.

Europe’s two top railroads, Germany’s Deutsche Bahn and France’s SNCF, are clashing for supremacy of the continent’s rail freight business.

Trucking companies trying to manage through the worst freight economy in memory are using investments in international supply chains to build stronger links with their biggest customers.

The country’s Class I railroads remain profitable, but they’re starting to feel the economy’s sharp edge.

Private truck fleet operators are making more use of their capacity and injecting fresh competition into a fight for freight that grows fiercer as shipment volumes drop and trailers go empty.

Sometime in the past quarter, the wheels came off the less-than-truckload industry.

Members of Congress and the short line railroad industry are humming a riff full of sour notes over a strangled loan pool gasping for support.

Kansas City Southern, the only North American Railroad with large-scale operations in both the United States and Mexico, says the swine flu outbreak had not been affecting rail operations up to May 1.

A flailing freight market took a weekly gauge of short line traffic to its lowest level of the year, but some cargoes still managed to hit their highest totals of this spring.

Covenant Transport lost $5.5 million in the first quarter, approximately $2.3 million less than the same period a year ago, due to weak freight demand.

Truckload operator P.A.M.

Profit at heavy-duty truck engine maker Cummins fell 96 percent to $7 million in the first quarter on sales of $2.4 billion, down 30 percent from the same period in 2008, as lower demand for equipment

The Mexican government will shut down private business, including factories and transportation operations, for five days starting Friday as the country tries to halt the spread of the swine flu virus.

For one week, at least, freight traffic at major U.S. railroads was clearly better, across a range of categories.

Kansas City Southern, parent of the smallest U.S. Class 1 railroad and a Mexico rail unit that once supplied nearly half its revenue, lost $7.5 million in the first quarter.

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico plummeted a record 30.9 percent from February a year ago to $47.9 bi

Trinity Industries, the largest supplier of railcars in North America, earned $34 million in the first quarter but not thanks to its car sales.

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Short line railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming saw first-quarter net income rise 34 percent to $13.9 million, with help from a federal tax credit, newly acquired properties and some fairly stable

With Canadian National Railway set to elevate its chief financial officer into the CEO’s chair, it is replacing Claude Mongeau as CFO with a senior executive from a large holding company that sp

Port Metro Vancouver said it will remain open for business whether or not some local container truck drivers go on strike next week.

Canadian trucking company Mullen Group’s profit dipped 38 percent in the first quarter as a result of falling demand for oil and natural gas drilling services in Western Canada and a decrease in

Trade moving by truck over the U.S.-Mexican border is so far unaffected by the Swine flu crisis emerging in the two countries.

Union Pacific Railroad is paying out $228,000 in civil penalties and related costs to settle environmental complaints linked to its 2005 removal of some railroad-owned huts.

Lower build rates, temporary plant shutdowns and reduced gross margins cut profit for truck maker Paccar 91 percent in the first quarter to $26.3 million, the company said.

Truckload carrier Celadon lost money for the first time in more than seven years, dropping $2.1 million in the quarter ending March 31.

Just as it looked as though trucking was beginning to recover from the recession, tonnage dropped steeply in March.

The average price for a gallon of diesel fuel fell 2 cents last week to $2.201, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The Childrens Investment Fund Management, the aggressive hedge fund that last year waged a fierce and successful fight to install new directors on the CSX board to reshape the railroad, no longer hold

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday revised its CreditWatch implications for YRC Worldwide from positive to negative.

WABCO Vehicle Control Systems, a supplier of safety and control systems for commercial vehicles, lost $36.4 million in the first quarter as demand for new commercial vehicles declined worldwide.

Closing the gap between fuel surcharges and actual fuel costs is a priority for shippers and truckers still feeling the sting from last summer’s roller-coaster ride at the pump.

Freight railroads are eager to climb aboard the Obama administration’s plan for high-speed passenger rail.

Truckload carriers intent on making it to the other side of the recession are taking cues from the economy and new trends in shipping by focusing on short-haul lanes.

Building cross-industry coalitions in Washington is more crucial than ever to getting favorable legislation passed, but transportation interests must be careful not to alienate potential partners — ev

Challenger Motor Freight, the largest privately owned truckload carrier in Canada, opened an expanded terminal in British Columbia.

Regional trucking specialist Saia announced a new round of cost reductions Friday after reporting a $6.3 million loss in a first quarter marked by declining demand and falling prices.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe profits in the first quarter fell 36 percent to $293 million as freight volume declined dramatically and an unfavorable coal rate case decision slashed revenue.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide lost $257.4 million in the first quarter as shipment volumes dropped at its carriers and throughout the less-than-truckload industry.