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Shippers challenging high rail rates will likely learn the only thing more enduring than railroads’ pricing power is federal agencies’ embrace of precedent.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending March 24 rose 4.2 percent year-over-year and 2.3 percent from the week before, according to the Association of American Railroads.

A challenge to the Port of Los Angeles concession requirements for motor carriers moved a step closer to the U.S.

Mexico’s rail industry is poised for growth, especially in intermodal shipments.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending March 17 rose 2 percent year-over-year, and traffic was flat on a week-to-week basis, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Florida East Coast Industries will launch a private passenger rail service linking South Florida and Orlando in 2014, the real estate and transportation company said Thursday.

Shippers on Thursday got their shot to tell the Surface Transportation Board that it’s unfair for them to pay higher rates to BNSF Railway because of the $8.1 billion premium Berkshire Hathaway

The value of surface transportation trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico increased by 14.3 percent to a record $904 billion in 2011, <

The number of North American railcars rose 0.1 percent in the last three months of 2011 compared to the previous quarter, but the deployed fleet still hasn&rsquo;t recovered to pre-recession size, acc

Someone is going to emerge scarred from the bitter proxy fight between Canadian Pacific Railway management and activist investor William Ackman.

An activist investor&rsquo;s campaign to drive profitability at Canadian Pacific Railroads is gaining steam, according to a recent report showing 91 percent of polled shareholders want a change in rai

Intermodal volume hauled by major U.S.

Canadian Pacific Railway will haul an additional 2 million tons of frac sand annually through a recently signed multiyear agreement with Unimin, a major producer of industrial minerals.

Union Pacific Railroad tapped Eric Butler as vice president of marketing and sales, succeeding Jack Koraleski, who has taken the helm of the railroad

Canadian National Railway will expand its service to the growing Port of Prince Rupert by adding a container train connection to Edmonton in June.

Intermodal volume hauled by major U.S.

Canadian Pacific Railway said it would further tap the Bakken crude oil boom this summer by opening a North Dakota hub initially capable of handling 35,000 barrels daily.

Two technology companies focused on port drayage and container chassis services, Advent and eModal, merged to form Advent Intermodal Solutions.

Maersk Line is teaming up with BNSF Railway to offer day-definite delivery of Asian imports through Los Angeles to Chicago, Memphis, Dallas, Houston and the CSX Railway hub at Northwest Ohio.

U.S. rail growth this year is expected to outpace overall economic expansion as manufacturing expands and the shifting energy landscape gives as well as takes.

They have deep water. They have more than 500 acres with a mile of waterfront and environmental approvals in place.

James River Coal in 2012 expects to ship at least 3.3 percent more coal from the Midwest and Central Appalachia than it did last year despite many railroad analysts&rsquo; expectations that coal shipm

James Young, chairman, president and CEO of Union Pacific Corp., the largest U.S. railroad, will take a medical leave of absence for treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Intermodal volume last week slipped 2.8 percent year-over-year to 214,402 trailers and containers while carload traffic fell 5 percent to 281,644 carloads, the Association of American Railroads report

U.S. surface transportation trade in December with Canada and Mexico totaled $74.2 billion, an 11.6 percent increase from a year earlier, according to the Transportation Department.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Wednesday awarded Kansas City Southern a $54.6 million loan to buy 30 new diesel-electric locomotives.

NOL Group renewed its contract with Union Pacific for U.S. rail transport of containerized cargo carried by APL, it liner shipping business.

China plans to spend $3 billion to build a three-pier terminal in a special economic zone bordering North Korea and a 34-mile cross-border railroad linking the port to the Chinese northeastern city of

Ports along the Eastern Seaboard are putting money where their hopes are, investing in projects for better landside access by road and rail in an effort to compete for discretionary cargo.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide is putting 500 new intermodal containers into its U.S. shipping network as the freight broker seeks to add greater flexibility in shifting business between modes.

Among state transportation officials, it&rsquo;s an inside joke.

The government might give railroads another five years to install costly crash-avoidance technology because the industry is on track to miss its end of 2015 deadline.

Germany will shut a canal linking the river Rhine to Hamburg, Europe&rsquo;s second largest container port, late Friday night as the coldest February temperatures across Europe in almost three decades

Intermodal freight shipments moved by U.S. railroads jumped 16.8 percent year-over-year in the week ending Feb.

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Container Corporation of India boosted third quarter net profit 6 percent from a year ago to $49.2 million, as growth in the state-owned company's core container hauling business pushed revenue up 8 p

There&rsquo;s a new intermodal rhythm humming along the roads and rail lines connecting manufacturers and retailers with ports and plants across the United States.

Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation are expanding their eastern U.S. intermodal rail networks, with new routes, facilities and services expected this year.

Major North American railroads plan to spend some $16 billion this year on network improvements, but those projects will come with a higher cost price for shippers.