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China will need to import 2 million tons of U.S. corn by next year even though the country expects a record harvest this year, said the U.S. Grains Council.

Fesco, owner of Russia’s largest ocean carrier, boosted revenue by 27 percent in the first six months and forecast an even stronger second half performance.

A U.S.-Canada cross-border dispute simmering since last spring may be on the verge of boiling over.

At a time when the U.S. housing market is in its worst condition since home ownership began to boom after World War II, railroads are hauling more lumber in 2011 than they did last year.

Rail intermodal volume at North America’s major railroads reached the highest weekly level on record, after a 2.8 percent gain in the week ending Sept. 24.

Federal regulators are opening a public proceeding on whether the premium Berkshire Hathaway paid in 2010 to buy BNSF Railway should be deducted from the valuation base that shapes the carrier’s

The Department of Transportation’s finalization of a grant this week for rail work near Wilmington, Del., sets the state for improvements to freight and passenger train operations in that state

BNSF Railway’s proposed $500 million near-dock intermodal terminal in Los Angeles-Long Beach will take up up to 1.5 million trucks a year off congested roads and freeways, according to a environ

Amtrak, CSX Transportation and other freight railroads in New York state will benefit after state officials got clearance from the Department of Transportation to spend $149.3 million in federal grant

Coal producer Alliance Resource Partners’s up to $525 million investment in a Southern Illinois mine being will generate shipments of 6 to 6.5 million tons annually

Intermodal traffic on major North American railroads hit its highest weekly volume so far this year in the week ending Sept.

The Port of Vancouver, Wash., can now tap into $15 million of intercity passenger rail funds to help build a new freight rail route to the dock area, after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood finalize

France’s state-owned SNCF Fret lost a major contract with a long standing customer to private operators, jeopardizing the rail cargo operator’s plans to end years of heavy losses and rebui

The stock prices of several major railroads and railcar suppliers tumbled substantially more than the overall market did on Wednesday, after two big coal producers announced plans to cut back.

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. plans to ask the agency at its Oct.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released $82.7 million for track and signal improvements in New England, across a region where freight and passenger lines often share the same corridor.

The seven largest railroads added a combined 1,191 workers to their U.S.

There’s no sign in rail freight trends that the U.S. economy may be tumbling into another recession.

Railcar manufacturer Greenbrier and American Railcar Industries continue to see strong demand to build new units, in what they say is an equipment market cycle that should keep growing for several yea

The rail freight market has strengthened further in the first two weeks of September for Kansas City Southern, after a strong August performance, said the company’s chief financial officer.

Port and freight rail projects for short lines in Maryland, California, Connecticut and Florida were among eight grant winners for $19.4 million from the Department of Transportation’s rail relo

Shipments carried by the on-hire freight transportation industry were unchanged in July from June, according to the Transportation Department’s Freight Transportation Services Index.

Owners of railcars across North America pulled 5,539 units of various types out of storage during August, shrinking the idled fleet to its lowest level since the 2008-2009 recession.

Union Pacific Railway said international intermodal volume has been recently weak, but customers expect to compress the peak season for boxed loads into September and October.

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It’s a tale of two railroads, both operating through some of the worst of times in terms of nature’s wrath, but coming through in vastly different shape.

North America’s rail networks began September trying to dry out.

Sylvie Vachon joined the Montreal Port Authority in 1990, managing the departments of Financial Services, Land and Property, Procurement and Risk Management, Information Technology, Human Resources an

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Tropical Storm Lee has spread flooding up the mid-Atlantic region and into the Northeast, disrupting freight rail operations in several states, after swamping track operations around the Gulf of Mexic

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Bulk freight shipments on major North American railroads rose 1.4 percent last week to the highest level since April 2, with gains across a wide range of cargoes.

ILWU protestors clash with police near a controversial grain terminal in Longview, Wash.

A cooling-off period that starts today could soon lead to presidential intervention in contract disputes between 11 national rail unions and the largest U.S.

Hurricane Irene cost the CSX about $10 million to $15 million in damage and lost business but the railroad expects to make up some of the losses, an executive said.

Wal-Mart is “guardedly optimistic” about the rest of 2011 but sees a trend toward a “flatter” peak season for holiday shipments, said Kelly Abney, the retailer’s vice pre

Rail service has slipped because of bad weather and cost-cutting that have left railroads without enough train crews to operate trains or switch railcars frequently, shippers told an investment bank c

Wall Street research firm Wolfe Trahan Group is reducing its estimates for transportation earnings per share as economic headwinds gain strength.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union vowed to maintain its pickets at a newly built grain terminal in Longview, Wash., despite a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Tac

BNSF Railway Chairman and CEO Matt Rose believes the best way to get U.S.