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CSX Transportation extended its strong pricing power into the fourth quarter, giving the freight railroad a $457 million net profit to close a year that saw earnings grow strongly despite diminishing

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Italian truck drivers kicked off a weeklong protest against higher fuel taxes and road tolls on Monday by blocking highways from the southern container port of Gioia Tauro to the northern industrial c

Looking for cross-dock capacity? YRC Worldwide and NRC Realty & Capital Advisors have plenty of capacity to offer the right bidders — 2,299 terminal doors.

Oil prices rose for the first time in four days after the European Union on Monday banned oil imports from Iran, increasing fears that Middle East tensions could raise supply chain costs in the short-

Canadian Pacific Railway signed a 10-year agreement this week with Canpotex to haul the majority of the major potash exporter’s shipments to a terminal in Vancouver.

Russia’s port of Vladivostok grew container traffic 27 percent in 2011 from a year ago, boosting the Far Eastern gateway’s share of Russian container shipments at the expense of its flat l

The Los Angeles-Long Beach Clean Air Action Plan launched the port industry’s green revolution in 2006, and the improvements some five years later are far beyond what the Southern California por

At Florida East Coast Railway, the fastest-growing business is trucking.

There’s nothing like the threat of “nuclear winter” to spur Canadian Pacific Railway to become more profitable faster than planned.

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One of the most profitable trucking companies in the nation got a little more profitable in late 2011,despite higher equipment and fuel costs and a tough hiring market.

Locomotive maker GE Transportation, part of General Electric, increased revenue 45 percent in 2011 to $4.9 billion on rising demand for equipment and services.

Refrigerated trucker Stevens Transport is purchasing 1,200 temperature-controlled trailers from Utility Trailer Manufacturing to reinforce its growth plans.

Net orders for Class 8 heavy trucks rose to 30,293 units in December, reversing a decline in November and resuming a positive trend that began in August.

A small trucking company is about to get a little bigger with some help from the state of Kentucky.

The Pacific Northwest isn’t just a gateway for imports; it’s the gateway to the Last Frontier and home to a large field of trucking companies connecting the lower 48 states with Alaska.

Intermodal volume hauled by major U.S. railroads surged 7.4 percent year-over-year in the week ending Jan.

YRC Worldwide CEO James Welch is rehiring a former YRC vice president to serve as his top legal officer as he rebuilds the financially troubled trucking company.

Union Pacific raised its net profit nearly 18 percent in 2011 to $3.3 billion on a 15 percent year-over-year increase in operating revenue to $19.6 billion.

Rail equipment provider GATX is showing strong confidence in the U.S.

The 2.5 percent year-over-year decline in truck traffic on the Ambassador Bridge in 2011 gives the bridge’s owner ammunition in his fight to stop the construction of a publicly owned crossing.

The beer market appears to have gone flat, with total U.S. beer shipments dropping 1.5 percent in 2011 to 204.9 million barrels, according to the Beer Institute.

Truckload carriers struggling to find and keep drivers are increasingly convinced driver pay needs to increase significantly, Transport Capital Partners said.

Canadian Pacific Railway, demonstrating a drive to increase profitability while beset by a proxy war, will spend up to $1.2 billion on capital improvements over the next several years.

Diesel prices across the United States increased for the second week in a row in the week ending Jan. 16, climbing 2.6 cents as oil prices hit above $100 per barrel.

Sheila Taylor, the former chief financial officer who helped troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide steer clear of bankruptcy, joined Menlo Worldwide Logistics.

Trucking giant Schneider National and CSX Transportation signed a multiyear contract expanding their intermodal partnership in the Eastern U.S.

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After complaining about lengthy turn times at marine terminals for more than two years, motor carriers in Los Angeles-Long Beach say they expect to do something about the problem in 2012.

The Federal Maritime Commission has cautiously cleared the way for truckers, shippers and others to participate in co-op equipment pools of Consolidated Chassis Management, a company controlled by 20

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YRC is going back to the Teamsters as the trucking company tries to match a financial restructuring with an overhaul of its operations that includes a tighter network and more efficient freight handli

Many factors may push truck pricing higher this year, but new restrictions on truck driver work hours won’t be among them.

Teamster pipeline workers are heading back to the job after the union and the Pipe Line Contractors Association struck a deal extending an expired contract.

Intermodal volume for major U.S. railroads fell 9.3 percent year-over-year in the week ending Jan.

Donald J. Schneider, the former president, CEO and chairman of Schneider National, died Friday after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 76 years old.

Short-line rail operator Genesee & Wyoming increased carloads 7.9 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter, although traffic in December was up only 0.6 percent compared with December 2010, th

DB Schenker's recent acquisition of Suomen Kiitoautot, a Finnish trucking company, consolidates the German company’s market dominance in the Nordic nation’s logistics sector.

Pacific Alaska Freightways, a trucking and intermodal operator with headquarters in Fife, Wash., acquired Seattle-based Southern Alaska Forwarding.