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A shortage of ocean containers may spell transloading opportunity for US trucking companies.

The new services should save shippers cost and transit time compared with ocean shipping.

“Through these alliances, these groups ... could maintain almost unchanged the status quo that existed before the liberalization of the rail freight sector in Spain.”

US spot truckload rates jump as volumes rise 17 percent in the first week of March.

After a "tougher" than expected start to the year, Swift Transportation expects more from March.

Brazil’s government for years now has been concessioning out infrastructure to boost investment and foster modernization.

Shippers on both sides of the US border struggle to identify and control fuel costs as Mexico pursues price reform.

The practices of container lines, terminal operators, intermodal equipment operators, truckers, and beneficial cargo owners all contribute to chassis shortages at US ports.

LTL-Truckload operator strives to reverse revenue decline, fix finances.

Revenue dipped 4 percent.

Pressure on truckload rates abates, at least temporarily, as demand remains moderate.

The container trains from Bangalore inland container depot leave every Friday to reach Cochin by Sunday.

Matchback opportunities for shippers in the US heartland are limited by a lack of data.

USAT Logistics, the non-asset arm of USA Truck, opens a Mexican subsidiary.

Dedicated trucking prevents deeper revenue decline at the Top 25 Truckload Carriers.

Partnerships may herald new phase in a more mature transport technology market.

Since 2010, chemical companies have announced 264 new US projects totaling more than $161 billion in capital investment.

Eurotunnel Group more than doubled its earnings in 2016.

Container Corporation of India is working with Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust to speed up the clearance of imports booked under the direct port delivery program.

Mid-sized LTL carriers increased revenue at a faster pace in 2016 and are poised to grow more.

It highlights the hurdle the US Class I rail industry faces to grow intermodal business.

CSX Transportation is geographically, financially, operationally, and managerially unlike the two Canadian railroads Harrison has helmed in the past.

US retailers are seeking the right balance between in-store and online inventories.

As railroads are moving intermodal operations closer to their end markets, those end markets are fighting back projects they say test the limits of local infrastructure.

Shipper demands for more integrated services helped spur merger of regional less-than-truckload carriers Central Freight Lines and Wilson Trucking.

Expect significant delays for goods moving via rail Northern California, Nevada, and the Pacific Northwest.

As XPO gains global scale, it is blending disparate networks to offer new services to shippers.

Eager to avoid potential rate increases in the second half of the year, shippers are sitting down with trucking providers now to talk pricing.

More than 60 trucking groups joined to ask the new US transportation secretary to immediately rescind a key rule in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability, or CSA, initiative.

Companies have had to take costly detours to avoid the violence in Ukraine.

Echo Global Logistics sees need for even more optimization and analytics as online shopping begins to transform not just final-mile delivery but also middle-mile transport choices.

Four weeks into the Trump administration, it appears the trade rhetoric of the campaign may well find expression in actual policy.

US inventories are rising, but inventory-to-sales ratios are falling, a sign freight is moving inland faster and inventories turning over more rapidly.

FECR operates about 350 miles of track along the east coast of Florida, and TRAC has an active fleet of more than 267,000 chassis.

More containerization in Russia would help cut transportation costs in the country.

Fuel surcharges, which dropped along with fuel prices in 2015 and 2016, are now rising again, putting more pressure on shipper budgets.

The economic impact of a challenge to Mexican trucking in the United States is small, but the debate could fuel a growing trade dispute.

The rapid development of safety-related technology for trucks will speed autonomous trucking, Ryder's chief technology officer says.

The hike RZD instituted will further increase the price differential between rail and road.

Large less-than-truckload carriers are rolling into 2017 on a firmer foundation and look to boost pricing.