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FedEx Freight is putting two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered heavy trucks through their paces in Texas, running them nearly 1,000 miles a day in line-haul service.

The Intermodal Association of North America today reported that overall intermodal volume in the third quarter was 3.77 million, up 3.2 percent from last year’s third quarter of 3.65 million.

Freight transportation analyst FTR Associates released preliminary data on Nov. 4 showing October Class 8 truck net orders at 22,760 for all major North American original equipment manufacturers...

Arkansas Best Corporation, parent of ABF Freight System, recently reported profit in the third quarter was $6.52 million, down 46.9 percent compared with last year’s third quarter profit of $12.27 million.

A long line of people thought last Friday would never come, the day when YRC Worldwide, the less-than-truckload operator that racked up billions of dollars in losses over the past five years, reported an actual quarterly net profit.

Transportation and warehousing employment increased 2.2 percent in October from a year ago, but was essentially flat from the previous month.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems increased its net profit 37.6 percent to $9.9 million while boosting revenue 23.4 percent to $279.2 million in the third quarter.

Trucking companies in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are struggling to restart in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, running limited operations where possible.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is banning tractor trailers, car-pulled trailers, house trailers and motorcycles from many New York City bridges because of the high winds from Hurricane Sandy.

A third-party freight broker urges shippers in the Northeast to call with plans to close operations or reschedule freight deliveries during Hurricane Sandy.

Indian Railways and RENFE-Operadora and ADIF, the Spanish railways infrastructure manager, agreed to promote technical cooperation and exchange information in the railways sector.

As Hurricane Sandy approaches landfall on the East Coast, truckers should use extreme caution in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast — or simply stay off the road.

Regal Logistics recently purchased a new 120,000-square-foot distribution center in Los Angeles...

Shippers will decide whether to shift their cargo routing from West Coast to East Coast ports when the Panama Canal expansion project is completed in 2015 based on the total delivered cost of the freight, transit time, intermodal options and ease of doing business with port authorities.

Bradley S. Jacobs is closing in on a goal he set when he took over XPO Logistics last year — raising the company’s revenue run rate to $500 million by 2013.

Echo Global Logistics reported income in the third quarter of $3.82 million, increasing 12.9 percent from last year’s $3.38 million during the same period.

An increase in online shopping is pushing up freight volumes at the nation’s largest package carriers, with UPS reporting stronger domestic volume and FedEx preparing to hire 20,000 seasonal workers to handle holiday shipping demand.

Transportation and supply chain firm Vitran today reported a net loss of $10.10 million in the third quarter.

Intermodal freight container and chassis carrier TAL International reported profit in the third quarter was $31.15 million, spiking 72.3 percent...

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation reported its profit in the third quarter was $16.58 million.

INland Logistics Port in Kingsbury is Indiana’s first location to receive CSX Corporation’s Select Site designation.

Union Pacific Railroad this week completed its second full unit train movement of grain products from a newly opened transload facility northeast of Los Angeles to container terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

UPS Freight increased total revenue 3.6 percent year-over-year to $691 million in the third quarter, according to financial data released by UPS Tuesday.

Class I rail carrier Canadian Pacific Railway today reported profit in the third quarter, ending Sept. 30, was C$224 million (about US$225.89 million)...

Truckload carrier Celadon Group reported income in the first quarter, ending Sept. 30, of the company’s fiscal year, ending June 30, 2013, was $8.26 million...