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In a major decision with far-reaching implications, the Surface Transportation Board ordered BNSF Railway to pay an estimated $345 million in reparations and rate cuts to coal-burning utilities - its

BNSF Railway sharply criticized the Surface Transportation Board's decision to hit it with $345 million in forced rate cuts and reparation payments, over freight rates it has been charging to deliver

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Wednesday ushered in a new era of harbor trucking as they began to collect clean-truck fees from importers and exporters.

U.S. rail traffic was much lighter than last year in the week ending Feb. 14 with steep declines in major commodities as well as intermodal units.

A shipper-backed proposal to increase truck productivity by lifting federal weight restrictions was opposed by railroad interests at a recent National Association of Manufacturers meeting in Washingto

Both Trinity Industries and Greenbrier Companies, the two largest builders of freight railcars in No

Major freight railroads are looking at the new economic stimulus bill as a way to fund track and bri

Fatality rates in accidents involving trucks declined 5.8 percent in 2007 in part as a result of new

WASHINGTON -- Barring any further steps by the Federal Maritime Commission, the ports of Los Angeles

YRC Worldwide's bankers gave the carrier some financial breathing room with a modified credit agreem

Construction of an intermodal on-dock rail terminal at the Port of Jacksonville has been delayed by

Union Pacific Corp. will likely raise freight rates 5-6 percent this year from 2008 even as the nati

The national average price for diesel last week dropped 3.3 cents to $2.186 per gallon, according to

Trucking and logistics company National Retail Systems will be plying the ports of Los Angeles and L

Lower volume in the intermodal segment would have reduced Pacer's profit in the fourth quarter anywa

Rail-hauled intermodal shipments of containers and trailers lost market share to all-highway truckin

Railcar building FreightCar America earned $8.3 million in the final 2008 quarter, up from a $16.7 m

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.UPS Freight is speeding delivery times on 2,250 lanes in

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Preliminary data from transportation forecasting firm FTR

The view from America's loading docks, warehouse gates and rail yards is bleak, but some light is tr

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Warren Buffett now controls more than 22.6 percent of BNS

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The downward spiral of job cuts continued among the count

The Surface Transportation Board could soon see its top lineup change in a political environment tha

As Southern California gets ready to charge $70 per container for trucks entering its ports to defra

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Old Dominion Freight Line is increasing base rates an ave

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Velocity Express received a de-listing letter from the listing qualifications staff of The NASDAQ St

Genesee & Wyoming improved earnings in the fourth quarter through acquisitions and the performan

Standard & Poor's lowered its long-term corporate credit ratings on the holding company for Swif

The railroad with the straightest route down the continent and the one that has led in creating high

Positive cash flow helped Quality Distribution overcome recurrent losses to end 2008 with a net inco

Amid gloomy prospects for the next three to six months, less-than-truckload carriers are scraping a

Vitran lost $3.2 million in the fourth quarter as integration and operating costs mounted and shipme

Truck fuel kept falling last week as crude oil stayed in the $40 per barrel range. The average cost

FedEx Freight laid off 900 employees on Feb. 6 as the weak economy took another swipe at the nation'

Volvo lost $165 million in the fourth quarter as worldwide sales dropped 9 percent to $9.65 billion.

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The four largest U.S. railroads generated $7.5 billion in

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Averitt Express took a pass on raising general base rates

The board of directors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services elected telecommunications industry executive

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Truckload carrier USA Truck eked out a $600,000 profit in