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Trucking and logistics giant Con-way roared back from the recession last year as its net profit skyrocketed 22-fold from $4 million in 2010 to $88.4 million in 2011.

RailAmerica this week announced the acquisition of a Michigan short-line railroad, a Northeast short-line railroad and a transload operator for $58 million.

OOCL plans to quit providing chassis for the drayage of import and export containers at facilities in the New York City metropolitan area and in Rochester, N.Y. as of April 1.

The opening of an intermodal rail container transfer facility at the Port of Everglades came closer to fruition after a county board of commissioners approved a 30-year deal with the Florida East Coas

Strong truckload demand pushed revenue up 10.4 percent in the fourth quarter to $2.6 billion at C.H. Robinson Worldwide, the largest U.S. freight broker.

Multiregional less-than-truckload carrier Saia returned to trucking’s billion dollar club in 2011 as its profit skyrocketed on higher LTL rates and surcharges.

Less-than-truckload operator Old Dominion Freight Line is moving deeper into the drayage business, opening a container drayage facility in the Pacific Northwest.

YRC Worldwide is rebranding its largest less-than-truckload operating subsidiary, YRC, as YRC Freight.

Fesco booked double-digit growth across its ocean container, rail, port terminal and intermodal units in 2011 as it benefited from soaring transport demand in a strengthening Russian economy.

Toll Global Forwarding dismissed on Monday Teamsters union charges that the logistics company pays its employee drivers in Southern California below market rates and is trying to delay the u

Cargo interests and customs brokers complained to the Federal Maritime Commission that trucking companies in Los Angeles-Long Beach are still charging a clean-truck fee even though the ports stopped c

YRC Worldwide is proposing changes to its long-haul freight network that will speed shipments and take long-haul carrier YRC out of the next-day freight market.

Eurotunnel, the operator of the subsea tunnel between France and the U.K., booked double-digit growth in rail freight and truck traffic in 2011, driven by new services and the collapse of a French fer

Trucking operator Arkansas Best returned to profit in 2011, reporting a $6.8 million net profit for the full year, compared with a $32.6 million loss in 2010.

The growth of U.S.-Mexico trade is doing nothing to clear the gridlock at the border.

Union Pacific Railroad’s pricing leverage may have been strong last year, but it’s due to get even stronger in 2012.

Hub Group expects a “transformational year” for the intermodal industry as Eastern rail network expansion boosts intermodal volumes, company officials said.

The Teamsters union, as part of its national strategy to organize harbor truck drivers, has taken on Toll Global Forwarding, charging that the company is using national labor law to delay a vote among

The trucking equipment market accelerated its recovery in 2011, as motor carriers ordered new tractors and rolling stock to replace aging vehicles.

A “challenging” driver market will put more pressure on trucking costs, capacity and pricing in 2012, says truckload carrier Werner Enterprises.

Rising inventories and consumer spending caused U.S. gross domestic product to expand at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, the fastest growth in a year and a half.

Imperial Logistics boosted its presence in southern Africa through the acquisition of two transport companies for undisclosed sums.

Higher rates and volumes boosted fourth-quarter net profit 25.4 percent to $72.6 million at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the nation’s largest intermodal trucker.

Spot market truckloads dropped 14 percent in December from the previous month but were still 25 percent higher than in December 2010, TransCore Freight Solutions said.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s new executive director said the agency will use its leases as a lever to end “deliberate discrimination” in hiring on the bistate port

Knight Transportation plans to add capacity in 2012, expanding its fleet and services while raising truckload rates 3 to 4 percent, company officials said.

The time to switch the tracks and prevent Canadian Pacific Railway from barreling toward a proxy fight is over.

Canadian Pacific Railway saw fourth-quarter profit rise 19 percent year-over-year to $221 million, but the railroad’s operating ratio worsened as management faces pressure from an activist inves

Tight capacity, rate hikes and acquisitions helped Celadon Group boost net profit 86.2 percent in the last quarter despite a less than 1 percent rise in freight revenue.

Marten Transport raised its net profit 47 percent to $7.1 million in the fourth quarter as the refrigerated carrier’s revenue jumped 15.9 percent to $158.3 million.

Ground transportation rates paid by Canadian shippers rose 1.6 percent month-to-month in November, the ninth straight monthly increase since March2011.

Swift Transportation reported its first annual profit since 2006 as the nation’s largest truckload carrier rebuilt its revenue base and slashed debt in 2011.

The harbor trucking industry is clashing with the Teamsters union over a bill before the Washington state legislature that would classify owner-operators as employees rather than as independent contra

Canadian National Railway’s profit in the fourth quarter rose 17.7 percent year-over-year to $584 million, as revenue jumped 12 percent to a record $2.3 billion on stronger pricing and freight t

Higher intermodal, coal and general merchandise volumes helped Norfolk Southern increase net profit 19 percent to $480 million in the fourth on $2.8 billion in sales.

Global economic headwinds aren’t slowing Harley-Davidson. The iconic motorcycle maker bolstered its profits as it increased sales and shipments in 2011.

For-hire truck tonnage rose 5.9 percent in 2011, the biggest year-over-year freight gain for trucking since 1998, the American Trucking Associations said Tuesday.

Kansas City Southern Railway saw fourth-quarter profit skyrocketed 84.6 percent year-over-year to $95.6 million, as the railroad’s 11 percent jump in revenue set quarterly and annual records.

Far East Land Bridge will launch a new rail service in March linking Europe to the thriving manufacturing center of Chongqing in central China.

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