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When he arrived in Overland Park, Kan., last July, James Welch began his plan to restart YRC Worldwide by cleaning house at the holding company, starting at the top.

Mexico’s rail industry is poised for growth, especially in intermodal shipments.

Journal of Commerce Senior Editor William B. Cassidy interviewed YRC Worldwide CEO James P.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending March 17 rose 2 percent year-over-year, and traffic was flat on a week-to-week basis, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Florida East Coast Industries will launch a private passenger rail service linking South Florida and Orlando in 2014, the real estate and transportation company said Thursday.

More transportation services and a bigger agent network helped logistics operator AutoInfo increase gross revenue 14.4 percent to $320 million

Shippers on Thursday got their shot to tell the Surface Transportation Board that it’s unfair for them to pay higher rates to BNSF Railway because of the $8.1 billion premium Berkshire Hathaway

FedEx Corp.’s profit more than doubled during its fiscal third quarter, fueled by record holiday package shipping,

Democratic Senate leaders, along with Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, urged House Republicans to adopt their two-year transport bill instead of endangering thousands of jobs by push

The value of surface transportation trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico increased by 14.3 percent to a record $904 billion in 2011, <

XPO Logistics raised $136.7 million through a public stock offering, exceeding its initial expectations as it secured funds for acquisitions and expansion.

Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm Littlejohn completed its previously announced acquisit

House Republicans are considering a short-term extension of the surface transportation bill instead of adopting the Senate&rsquo;s two-year plan.

Trailer Bridge has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization with a federal judge&rsquo;s approval of the Puerto Rico carrier&rsquo;s financial restructuring agreement.

Diesel prices across the U.S. hit the highest point since August 2008, rising 1.9 cents in the week ending March 19 as oil prices rose to more than $107 per barrel.

The number of North American railcars rose 0.1 percent in the last three months of 2011 compared to the previous quarter, but the deployed fleet still hasn&rsquo;t recovered to pre-recession size, acc

YRC Worldwide Chief Accounting Officer Paul F.

Someone is going to emerge scarred from the bitter proxy fight between Canadian Pacific Railway management and activist investor William Ackman.

An activist investor&rsquo;s campaign to drive profitability at Canadian Pacific Railroads is gaining steam, according to a recent report showing 91 percent of polled shareholders want a change in rai

A new Department of Transportation report detailing the need to spend $101 billion annually, plus inflation, over the next 20 years to maintain the U.S.

Intermodal volume hauled by major U.S.

The less-than-truckload industry accelerated in 2011, shedding any remnants of lethargy as shipping demand increased and excess LTL capacity dwindled.

Public less-than-truckload carriers posted a slight operating profit in 2011 after three years of operating losses.

Canadian Pacific Railway will haul an additional 2 million tons of frac sand annually through a recently signed multiyear agreement with Unimin, a major producer of industrial minerals.

Union Pacific Railroad tapped Eric Butler as vice president of marketing and sales, succeeding Jack Koraleski, who has taken the helm of the railroad

Canadian National Railway will expand its service to the growing Port of Prince Rupert by adding a container train connection to Edmonton in June.

The fuel-based Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index rose 0.7 percent in February after falling 1.7 percent in January from December, pointing to an improvement in trucking but also a fragile economic

XPO Logistics, a third-party logistics company with plans to expand by acquisition, will sell 6 million shares of common stock in a public offering.

Diesel prices across the U.S. rose at the slowest pace in three weeks, climbing 2.9 cents in the week ending March 12 as oil prices fell at the end of trading for the first time in four days.

Research firm FTR Associates sees tightening truck capacity and rising truck pricing ahead this year for North American shippers as freight demand outstrips GDP.

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The biggest less-than-truckload carriers got bigger in 2011, with the number of LTL companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue climbing to 10.

Trailer Bridge is on track to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 16, four months after the U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico carrier filed for protection from creditors.

A surge in freight demand helped the for-hire U.S.

The trucking industry increased hiring 3.7 percent year-over-year in February, a slower pace than in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

YRC Worldwide sold its stake in Chinese trucking operator Shanghai Jiayu Logistics as it pares its business back to its North American trucking core operations.

A Wayne County judge in Detroit on Thursday ordered the Michigan Department of Transportation to take over and complete a project to link two interstate highways with the Ambassador Bridge.

Intermodal volume hauled by major U.S.

Canadian Pacific Railway said it would further tap the Bakken crude oil boom this summer by opening a North Dakota hub initially capable of handling 35,000 barrels daily.

The Senate could pass a transportation bill quickly whenever Senate leaders agree to a package of amendments for debate, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Wednesday.