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Less sometimes is more, as QualifiedCarriers found when it delved into the Department of Transportation data on motor carriers.

XPO Logistics is willing to suffer some short-term pain in return for long-term gain, taking a first quarter loss of $2.7 million while planning to complete multiple acquisitions worth $250 million in

Out on the road, where regulatory aspirations meet reality, the impact of the CSA initiative is easier to sense than describe.

The Obama administration’s loosening of restrictions on a costly crash-avoidance technology mandate this month did little to bring great joy to major U.S. railroads.

You’d be hard pressed to find a better barometer than intermodal traffic of the road ahead for U.S. shippers and transportation providers.

Converging consumer and business technologies are changing the way motor carriers connect with truck drivers and customers at an increasingly rapid pace.

Spot market truckload freight jumped 17 percent year-over-year in April, climbing 3.5 percent from March, according to load matching company TransCore DAT.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending May 12 rose 3 percent year-over-year and was nearly flat from the previous week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

William Ackman, an activist investor, won a resounding victory on Thursday in wrestling control of

Georgian Railway plans to raise around $250 million from an initial public offering of 25 percent of its shares in London to finance its international freight operations.

Federal regulators shut down an Alabama-based trucking company after finding the carrier violated rules regarding hours-of-service rules, driver qualifications and vehicle maintenance.

Motor carriers are adopting natural gas as one of the fuels of choice for their fleets because it makes financial sense, truck manufacturers told the Alternative Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beac

With transportation representing the biggest cost factor in the domestic supply chain, retailers are locating their inland distribution facilities as close to rail ramps as possible, an industrial rea

Trucking giant YRC Freight is hiring 200 truck drivers in more than 10 cities across the U.S. as less-than-truckload freight demand increases at the struggling carrier.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday said the city plans to open a $200 million hub next year, as the city attempts to boost international volume through O’Hare International Airport.

Diesel prices across the U.S. dropped nearly below the $4 per gallon mark, dropping roughly half a cents in the week ending May 15 as oil prices hit a new 2012 low.

Shippers can expect more upward pressure on truck pricing through the fall as available capacity t

Truckload rates decelerated in April, rising 6.9 percent year-over-year, compared with a 7.4 percent increase in March, according to Cass Information Systems.

A Memphis native who got his start as a carman-oiler in 1963 found himself four decades later running Canadian National Railway, the largest freight railroad in Canada.

In a business built on rapid, time-definite delivery of critical pharmaceuticals and high-value electronics parts, one might ask: Why would a slot machine represent an increasing growth opportunity fo

Just about any shipper using FedEx Custom Critical’s White Glove service wants premium security, visibility and monitoring services in addition to time-definite delivery.

Truckers aren’t typically shy or coy, and truckload carrier executives at the NASSTRAC 2012 Logistics Conference weren’t afraid to let customers and potential customers know exactly what t

What’s the biggest priority for truckload carriers this year? “Drivers, drivers, drivers,” said John Conley, president of the National Tank Truck Carriers.

When trucking companies are stung by rising costs, third-party logistics providers share their pain, very quickly.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending May 5 rose 3 percent year-over-year but slipped 1.4 percent from the previous week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

A truck dealer and scrapper were indicted on charges of filing false insurance documents for participation in the Port of New York and New Jersey’s clean-trucks program and bribing an undercover

Schneider National and BNSF Railway have extended their intermodal partnership by signing a multiyear contract, giving customers of the latter “truck-like” reliability as over-the-road cap

XPO Logistics is willing to absorb a little pain for future gain.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Thursday said the rail industry will save up to $775 million over 20 years through revisions made to a costly crash-avoidance technology mandate.

Freight ton-miles carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 0.8 percent in March from February, the Transportat

Shippers that don’t monitor trucking costs carefully could see truck pricing skyrocket by 2014, Mike Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies, said Tuesday.

United States Maritime Alliance Chairman and CEO James Capo said he is “very hopeful and even cautiously optimistic” that management and the International Longshoremen’s Association

Pacer International and CSX Transportation have extended their partnership through a new multiyear agreement, giving the intermodal middleman more opportunity to tap the Eastern shift of cargo from th

Truckload carriers need a “fundamentally different” strategy to attract potential drivers, John White, president of U.S. Xpress, said in an interview last week.

Trucking executives sounded a clear warning about rising costs Tuesday at the National Industrial Transportation League's Freight Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.

Domestic intermodal container volume in the first quarter surged 14.9 percent year-over-year, outpacing international intermodal traffic gains by a wide margin and reconfirming strong U.S.

Diesel prices across the U.S. fell to their lowest point in 10 weeks, slipping 1.6 cents in the week ending May 7 as oil prices dropped to the lowest point since February.

BNSF Railway boosted profit nearly 16 percent year-over-year to $701 million, as higher pricing and a 3 percent volume rise pushed revenue up 10.3 percent.

Operations at Port Klang have now returned to normal following strikes by truck drivers last week

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