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The class-action price-fixing lawsuit looming over the United States’ four largest railroads will likely rival the attention analysts give to sluggish coal traffic during second quarter earnings

Shippers aren’t waiting for the Surface Transportation Board to address railroad customer pricing concerns and carriers’ ability to make enough money to invest in their networks.

Pessimists looking for signs of a poor U.S. economy for the rest of the year should look elsewhere than on the railroads.

For Central Freight Lines, natural gas was a natural choice as an alternative fuel.

Forward Air profit in the second quarter jumped 23.2 percent year-over-year to $24.4 million, as airport-to-airport volume rose 5.4 percent in the same period.

Canadian and U.S. trucking operator Vitran Express drove deeper into losses in the second quarter as it struggled to rebuild its U.S. less-than-truckload business.

Net profit dropped 19.1 percent at Heartland Express to $18.2 million, as the trucking firm increased second quarter revenue 1.8 percent to $139.7 million.

Intermodal growth and higher truckload rates helped Swift Transportation boost second quarter net profit 72 percent from a year ago to $33.7 million.

Werner Enterprises boosted net profit 11 percent in the second quarter to $30.7 million despite a year-over-year decline in truckload miles and revenue.

A 9 percent jump in intermodal volume lifted Hub Group’s profit in the second quarter by 18 percent year-over-year to $16.9 million.

A coalition of shippers, small trucking companies and brokers is suing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration over "guidance" the agency provided in May on the use of CSA data.

Intermodal shipments on major U.S.

Pharmaceutical retailer Duane Reade is expanding its use of electric trucks, adding 10 trucks built by Smith Electric Vehicles to

Double-digit increases in automotive and chemical shipments, along with lower fuel prices, drove Union Pacific to a record profit of $1 billion in the second quarter.

CSX profit in the second quarter rose 1.2 percent year-over-year to $512 million, as improved operations helped offset a slight drop in volume, particularly in coal, and nearly flat revenue.

The ailing U.S. Postal Service could save roughly $100 million annually by shifting more mail shipments from the highways to the rails, according to a report by its inspector general.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is suing the federal government over a pre-employment screening program it claims hurts a trucker’s ability to challenge alleged safety violati

Double-digit increases in intermodal and automotive shipments helped drive Kansas City Southern profit up 83 percent year-over-year to $120 million in the second quarter.

Diesel prices in the U.S. rose for the second week in a row, inching up 1.2 cents in the week ending July 16 as oil prices rose more than $1 per barrel.

Intermodal trucking giant J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported an $80.5 million second quarter net profit as revenue increased 9 percent to $1.26 billion.

Federal regulators last week shut down an Alabama trucking firm identified as a “chameleon” carrier set up to evade an earlier out-of-service order in May.

The class action price-fixing lawsuit looming over the United States’ four largest railroads will likely rival the

Intermodal shipments on major U.S. railroads in the week ending July 7 rose 5.6 percent year-over-year but fell 1.2 percent from the prior week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Spot market truckload freight volumes dropped 2 percent in June from May but remained at record high levels, according to the DAT North American Freight Index.

A milestone power utilities achieved this spring should jolt transportation operators and shippers.

The surface transportation bill Congress squeezed out in late June appears to be more a deferral of hard decisions than a strategy to fix the nation’s crumbling infrastructure.

The trucking industry faces a number of regulatory and operational changes, but advances in information technology are helping motor carriers keep a lid on the costs these challenges bring.

Roughly 16 years after Burlington Northern, now BNSF Railway, took its two natural gas-powered locomotives off the tracks, railroads are giving the fuel another look.

Federal and state regulators reportedly are visiting drayage company offices and requesting voluminous amounts of documentation, seeking to demonstrate the companies are intentionally misclassifying d

A Teamsters-backed effort to have owner-operator truck drivers classified as employees instead of contractors has been dismissed by a federal judge in New Jersey.

A House hearing Wednesday on the federal CSA trucking safety initiative morphed into a debate over electronic onboard recorders, the relationship between driver pay and safety and even, briefly, wheth

Bold plans to boost coal exports to Asia through Northwest ports will likely slow intermodal and grain shipments, resulting in higher freight rates and equipment costs, according to a new study commis

Russian private rail freight operator Globaltrans is aiming to raise around $450 million from a share sale to fund potential acquisitions in the nation’s rapidly consolidating domestic market.

A section of a Norfolk Southern Railway train hauling ethanol on Wednesday morning derailed in Columbus, Ohio, sparking a fiery blast that forced the evacuation of about 100 people, according to repor

Diesel prices in the U.S. rose for the first time in three months, climbing 3.5 cents in the week ending July 9 as oil prices rose more than a $1.

Total U.S. freight tonnage will grow 21 percent by 2023, as freight revenue rises 59 percent, the American Trucking Associations predicts in a new freight forecast.

Truck shipments rose in June from May but were down year-over-year, while freight spending by shippers declined, according to Cass Information Systems.

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Transportation and warehousing lost about 2,200 jobs in June, after a 36,000 job hiring spree in May,