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Kansas City Southern reported income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $91.8 million, dropping from $95.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Shippers seeking reduced less-than-truckload shipping costs need to start not with lower rates but “cleaner” data.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based class I railroad CSX today announced a $26 million project to expand track on its River Line between northern New Jersey and the Albany, N.Y., region.

Freight rail system Florida East Coast Railway today appointed Francis J. Chinnici as senior vice president of engineering and purchasing.

Nashville, Ind.-based transportation forecaster FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index for November fell slightly from October to a reading of -5.3, a sign that 2013 will be challenging for shippers.

NefteTransService is preparing an initial public offering in London that is expected to value the Russian rail freight company at around $2 billion.

In the week ending Jan. 12, U.S. intermodal volume rose 10.4 percent year-over-year to 252,896 trailers and containers, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Jacksonville, Fla-based rail and intermodal company CSX has appointed Andrew Glassman as vice president of operations finance.

Canadian National Railway, a Class I railroad, will construct an intermodal ramp at its freight yard in Joliet, Ill., to offer importers and exporters access to distribution centers in the Chicago metropolitan area.

This month’s acquisition of mapping, routing and navigation software company ALK Technologies adds more to Trimble’s transportation portfolio than a new selection of products, technological expertise or an additional stream of revenue.

$1.4 billion Canadian transport operator Mullen expects 'challenging year' in 2013.

Russian intermodal company TransContainer reported its rail container volume in the fourth quarter of 2012 was about 381,400 20-foot-equivalent units, increasing 5.4 percent from about 362,000 TEUs in the same quarter of 2011.

Truckers who were “cautiously optimistic” in 2012 are increasingly pessimistic about their business outlook for 2013.

The Port of Los Angeles broke ground Wednesday on the West Basin Rail Yard project that will serve as a staging yard for railcars and free up land for construction of an on-dock intermodal transfer yard at the TraPac terminal.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an agreement with Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway announcing BNSF’s voluntary revision of several personnel policies.

Canadian National Railway’s plan to build an intermodal terminal in Indianapolis with the Indiana Rail Road Company fits into the former’s broader effort to give shippers using its top Asian gateways access to new markets.

Indian Railways reported freight traffic from April to December 2012 was 735.1 million metric tons, increasing 4.5 percent from 703.8 million metric tons during the same period in 2011.

Freight forwarding and logistics management company China Logistics Group has launched a domestic trucking services operation in China through a partnership with a domestic trucking company.

The Intermodal Association of North America’s board of directors has elected Barry D. Michaels, Union Pacific Railroad Company’s vice president of intermodal operations, as chairman.

FedEx has named Henry J. Maier as president and CEO of FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx that provides ground small-package delivery services.

In a deal with SEA Transport, truck manufacturer Iveco, a Fiat Industrial company, has delivered eight Stralis Active Space Super3 tractor units for the container transport company’s heavy truck fleet.

Trucking and logistics company Roadrunner Transportation Systems today announced it will expand its less-than-truckload outbound service center in Philadelphia, which opened in June 2012.

Canadian Pacific today opened its new Regina Intermodal Facility, replacing the now-closed Regina Intermodal Yard.

White Plains, N.Y.-based energy investment company Fortistar, through its new affiliate TruStar Energy, which helps commercial fleets transition their fuel supply from oil to natural gas, has purchased a majority interest in Vocational Energy.

Chassis transportation company Direct ChassisLink has named Ron Joseph senior vice president of operations.

Sales of natural gas medium and heavy duty trucks and buses will expand steadily over the remainder of the decade, according to a recent report from Pike Research, part of Navigant’s Energy Practice.

Class I railroad Canadian National Railway today launched operations at its new intermodal terminal at Calgary Logistics Parkin Conrich, Alberta.

The Teamsters union and ABF Freight System are back at the bargaining table. Negotiations on a new multiyear contract resumed Jan. 8 and will continue through next week, the union said in a notice published on its Web site.

U.S. intermodal volume fell for the second week straight, dropping 8 percent year-over-year in the week ending Jan. 5, according to the Association of American Railroads.

After a seesaw year in which freight rates bounded up and down like a yo-yo, shippers and carriers alike are looking for stability and predictability in their businesses.

Lake Oswego, Ore.-based railroad equipment supplier The Greenbrier Companies recently reported profit in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, ending Nov. 30, 2012, was $10.4 million, increasing 40.5 percent...

Nashville, Ind.-based transportation forecaster FTR Associates has reported that its Trucking Conditions Index for November, published in its January 2013 Trucking Update, rose almost two full points to a favorable reading of 9.7.