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Werner Enterprises, the third largest U.S. truckload carrier, will pay shareholders special dividends totaling $109 million on Dec. 13, the company said today.

Logistics technology company Descartes Systems Group today acquired Exentra Transport Solutions, a U.K.-based provider of software-as-a-service in the European Union.

After taking tentative steps the past three years to develop a new chassis regime, the transportation community in the U.S. moved boldly in 2012 to replace ocean carrier-owned chassis with equipment owned and managed by terminal operators, truckers or leasing companies.

TCV Railway, the rail freight provider that forms part of terminal operator Grup TCB, will launch a container service between the Port of Valencia and Miranda de Ebro, a city in the province of Burgos, in Spain, on Nov. 23, the company announced today.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises recently entered two deals to expand its presence and range of U.S.-Mexican cross-border services.

Wisconsin-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems recently acquired A&A Express, a truckload services provider based in Brandon, S.D., specializing in refrigerated products, for about $24.0 million...

The much-reported truck driver shortage is not an immediate crisis for trucking companies and shippers, but they need to act decisively now to counter long-term trends that will tighten the supply of available drivers over the next decade.

Canadian National Railway recently announced a $500 million debt offering, expected to close on Nov. 20, comprising $250 million 2.25 percent notes due in 2022...

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Cairo, Ill., may be restricted or halted in the beginning of December...

Blue Tree Systems, provider of the R:COM Fleet Management solution in the U.S. and Europe, today named Jack Jacobs as its national sales executive of North America.

An international trucking index shows road freight rates in Europe have dropped 7 percent over the past five months.

North Carolina State Ports Authority today named Jeffrey E. Miles as its new deputy executive director for operations, by Tom Bradshaw, executive director.

The trucking industry needs to resolve its hiring problems to avoid what many sources say will be a sharp shortage of truck drivers in coming years.

Trucking software provider XRS Corporation reported a net loss of $0.3 million in the fourth quarter, ending Sept. 30, up from last year’s net loss of $1.5 million in the fourth quarter.

Walmart Canada is rolling out the prototype of an innovative new tractor-trailer in Ontario this week that has the capacity to deliver up to 40 percent more freight to its network of stores throughout the province.

Class I railroad CSX Transportation, the main subsidiary of CSX Corporation, is offering temporary recovery service from mid-Atlantic ports to Northeast ports to keep freight moving along the eastern seaboard...

Container lessor Textainer Group today reported profit in the third quarter was $50.7 million, up 10.6 percent from $45.8 million in the third quarter of 2011.

Freight transportation provider XPO Logistics today reported a net loss of $3.1 million in the third quarter, compared with a net income of $0.2 million for the same quarter in 2011.

SeaCube Container Leasing reported profit in the third quarter of $11.4 million, up 29.9 percent compared with $8.8 million in the third quarter of 2011.

The same-day delivery industry is growing faster, driven by next-day retail replenishment and e-commerce, an industry association survey claims.

RailAmerica, acquired by Genesee & Wyoming on Oct. 1, reported profit in the third quarter, ending Sept. 30, was $5.9 million, down 34.3 percent from last year’s third-quarter profit of $9.1 million.

American Trucking Associations recently released an analysis confirming that the trucking industry is facing an acute driver shortage that will likely worsen over the next decade.

Arc Terminals announced it is working with Canadian National Railway to build a crude-oil rail terminal in Mobile, Ala.

Short-line and regional freight railroad company Genesee & Wyoming today reported a net loss of $19.6 million in the third quarter, compared with net income of $32.9 million in the third quarter of 2011.

Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge sent ripples through supply chains and trucking networks far beyond the enormous damage it caused along the East Coast, said YRC Worldwide CEO James Welch.

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.