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Werner Enterprises reported net income in the second quarter of 2013 was $25.8 million, dropping 16 percent from $30.7 million in the second quarter of 2012.

Etihad Rail has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai Industrial City for the development of a rail terminal within the United Arab Emirates city.

Gujarat Pipavav Port, owned by APM Terminals in India, has upgraded its rail infrastructure and is now able to carry double-stack, high-cube containers on trains.

Konecranes has received an order for four rail-mounted gantry cranes from Australian rail freight operator Pacific National.

Canadian National today reported its profit in the second quarter of 2013 was C$717 million (about US$693.6 million), rising 13.6 percent from $610.4 million in the same quarter last year.

Transportation group PTA Holdings plans to acquire a Midwestern intermodal trucking company, the company said July 22.

Central Transport joined other less-than-truckload carriers pushing for higher pricing this summer, raising its tariff rates 5.9 percent on average last week.

FreightWatch International, a logistics security services company, reported a total of 194 cargo thefts in the U.S. in the second quarter of 2013, with 45 thefts in April, 66 in May and 83 in June.

Central Freight Lines will raise tariff rates 5.9 percent on average July 29, joining several less-than-truckload carriers taking general rate increases this summer.

Pacific Imperial Railroad has signed a construction deal with Watkins Environmental for the necessary reconstruction of 57 bridges, 17 tunnels and about 70 miles of track on the Desert Line...

Heartland Express reported net income in the second quarter of 2013 was $19.1 million, increasing 5.0 percent or $0.9 million from $18.2 million in the same period last year.

Members of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, which represents third-party logistics providers in the U.S., outperformed the economy in the first quarter of 2013...

Still pondering the latest twist in the truck driver hours of service rules? Sorry, time’s up. Eighteen months after they were released in late 2011, the oft-revised and, at least among truckers, much-reviled hours of service rules took effect on July 1.

Truck drivers now have a narrow time window to hit if they want to actually use the 34-hour restart provision of new hours of service rules within 34 hours. Unless they go off duty between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. at the end of their week, the restart becomes a much longer layover.

Kansas City Southern reported its profit in the second quarter plummeted from $120.4 million in 2012 to $15.4 million in 2013.

Hub Group reported net income in the second quarter of 2013 totaling $18.6 million, up 10 percent from $17 million in the second quarter of 2012.

Shippers and carriers alike are waiting to see how much new hours of service regulations will affect refrigerated trucking and the timing of food deliveries to restaurants, grocery stores and distribution centers. The new rules apply to all truck drivers, regardless of the type of equipment, but some believe the cold chain might take a bigger hit to productivity than other sectors.

GATX reported its profit in the second quarter of 2013 was $35.1 million, spiking 49.4 percent from $23.5 million in the second quarter of 2012.

Union Pacific today reported profit in the second quarter of 2013 was $1.1 billion, compared with $1.0 billion in the same quarter last year.

FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index for May was basically unchanged from the level of the last few months at a reading of negative 7.5.

Norfolk Southern has completed $22.6 million in track, bridge and signal improvements along its major coal line through Pennsylvania’s Monongahela Valley.

Con-way Freight has improved its Mexico service offering with the introduction of online tracking, a 24-hour customer resource center and new Web tools...

The amount of crude oil delivered by rail and truck to U.S. refineries is soaring, climbing 62.6 percent in 2012 thanks to rising shale oil production output.

Marten Transport today reported its net income in the second quarter of 2013 was $7.7 million, inching up 1.1 percent from $7.6 million in the second quarter of 2012.

How will the deadline train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, affect the transportation of crude oil by rail. Will public outcry result in new rail safety regulations in Canada or the U.S.?

CSX today reported profit rose 4.5 percent in the second quarter, from $512 million in 2012 to $535 million in 2013.

Duff Brothers Capital has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Frozen Food Express Industries, a temperature-controlled truckload and less-than-truckload carrier in the U.S., for $38.2 million.

North American truckload pricing in June increased 1.5 percent year-over-year and 1.0 percent month-over-month, according to the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.

Integrated Freight Corp. has reached an agreement with its single largest creditor group, thereby reducing its total outstanding debt.

Pacific Harbor Line and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have signed a new five-year labor agreement covering the short line railroad’s nearly 120 operating and maintenance of way employees.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported net earnings in the second quarter of 2013 were $87.70 million, improving 9 percent compared with $80.45 million in the second quarter of 2012.

XPO Logistics has agreed to pay $365 million to acquire all of the common stock of 3PD, a non-asset, third-party provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics in North America.

The turnover rate at large and small truckload carriers rose as a result of the improving economy and continued competition for well-trained, professional drivers...

TRAC Intermodal has begun providing truckers with premium rentals of marine chassis equipped with radial tires, automatic pneumatic airing systems, LED lighting, ABS braking, GPS tracking and other features.

Just over 50 percent of trucking companies believe they are getting the rates of return needed to justify further investment in new equipment.

Trucking companies may have to hire as many as 60,000 additional drivers in the second half of 2013 to compensate for constraints on productivity from new hours of service rules that took effect July 1, according to FTR Associates.

K+S Potash Canada and Canadian Pacific have signed a long-term, volume-based contract for the transportation of potash products from K+S’s Legacy site.

FTR Associates’ Trucking Conditions Index for May, published in the July 2013 Trucking Update, was unchanged compared with the previous month...

As U.S. crude oil production outpaces pipeline capacity, the U.S. is depending more on railroads to move crude oil to refineries and storage centers...

Investigators trying to determine what caused the crude oil train derailment that killed at least 15 people in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, are focusing on the train's engineer, according to news reports.