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Railroads felt left out of the massive stimulus bill that Congress and the Obama administration negotiated.

There’s another stimulus plan under way in Louisiana and Mississippi, where two new federal efforts are trying to help New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast recover from the powerful 200

UPS Freight cut transit times in Michigan and Wisconsin, including next-day service between new direct points linking Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee.

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A leading freight transportation analyst warned March 9 he is cutting his volume and earnings estimates under a “deep recession, no recovery” U.S. forecast for all of 2009.

Railroads felt left out of the massive stimulus bill that Congress and the Obama administration negotiated.

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To the extent that weekly rail shipment reports are one of the earliest, up-to-date signs of the health of the economy, the patient is still in a lot of trouble.

Teamsters drivers and dock workers returned to work at Oak Harbor Freight last week, days after ending their five-month strike against the Auburn, Wash., less-than-truckload carrier.

It’s taken more than two years, but Debra Pluchino just hit a breakthrough with one of the largest shippers on Long Island, scoring an agreement to run test shipments because they’re not s

Teamsters drivers and dock workers returned to work at Oak Harbor Freight last week, days after ending their five-month strike against the Auburn, Wash., less-than-truckload carrier.

For LTL carriers needing cash to bolster operations in a declining economy, the sale and leaseback of truck terminals, even to competitors, could prove beneficial.

Polzug Intermodal launched its unit train project within the Caucasus Mountains connecting to central Asia.

When railroad executives from across North America descended on Capitol Hill recently, they were intent on pressing their case for investment tax credits and warding off pressure from lawmakers and re

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Refrigerated trucking company Frozen Food Express Industries lost $201,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with a loss of $3.5 million in the same period in 2007, an improvement helped in part

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U.S. Rail freight traffic plumbed new depths in the week ending Feb. 28.

Averitt Express, which specializes in less-than-truckload service, is expanding its truckload coverage in response to increased demand in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and New Jersey.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill March 5 to repeal limited antitrust exemptions for U.S.

American Railcar Industries saw fourth-quarter revenue rise 25 percent to $203 million from a year earlier, as production was boosted by an Alabama factory expansion, but net income fell 3.7 percent t

North American LTL carrier Estes Express Lines expanded its Mexico service with the launch of a third-party logistics subsidiary, Estes Logística.

The sinking freight market may push manufacturer Greenbrier to pare back a big long-term supply contract with one of its key lease-fleet customers, General Electric Railcar Services.

The United Transportation Union is asking President Obama to elevate Francis P. Mulvey to be chairman of the Surface Transportation Board that regulates railroads, Washington sources said.

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Austin, Texas-based express carrier Lone Star Overnight now has overnight parcel delivery to every ZIP code in Texas.

BNSF Railway says the economic development work it did last year, to build up businesses that could feed into its rail network, helped generate about $4 billion worth of investments and over 4,000 new

Southeastern Freightways, a major player in regional less-than-truckload (LTL) hauling, is responding to shipper demand for more full truckload transportation as customers look to save money in the we

Traffic from short line railroads is running dramatically behind last year’s pace in the RMI RailConnect index.

Union Pacific Railroad is asking federal regulators to help it fend off certain new long-haul chlorine shipment requests, in cases where receiving customers could get the supplies delivered by pipelin

Kansas City Southern named Mary Stadler senior vice president and chief accounting officer. Stadler will report to KCS executive vice president and chief financial officer Michael W. Upchurch.

It took more than five years, but Yellow Transportation and Roadway are finally one company.

Trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners, Canada and Mexico, is declining rapidly as the recession deepens.

A steep drop in heavy truck orders could be an early warning sign for shippers enjoying unprecedented pricing power and a glimmer of hope for carriers forced to slash rates to keep freight in their tr

Strong net revenue margins at Landstar are helping offset significant revenue declines at the non-asset based truckload operator, according to investment banker Stifel Nicolaus.

The unpopular clean-truck fees that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach began collecting two weeks ago could be ended within a year if motor carriers continue to finance the purchase of environmen

BNSF Railway shed rail 140 more of its rail network employees, putting 2 percent of its mechanical workforce on the types of indefinite layoffs that railroads call furloughs.

Residents of American cities can breath easier, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The atmosphere surrounding the trucking and railroad debate over truck size and weight limits is more frigid than ever, and shippers claim they’re stuck in the middle.

When the Surface Transportation Board hit BNSF Railway with its largest-ever penalty for overcharging a utility customer, the smackdown could be heard all across the country.