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Rail services linking Asia and Europe are set to boom as shippers take advantage of an operation that is faster than ocean shipping and cheaper than air delivery, rail operators say.

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The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.1 percent in November from October, the Transportation Department said.

The fuel-based Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index rose for the third straight month in December, climbing 0.2 percent following a 0.1 percent increase

Norfolk Southern Railway is positioned to gain more than 150,000 carloads of annual business from nearly $9.5 billion in facility investment made by shippers, particularly coal customers, near the rai

YRC Worldwide subsidiary Reddaway is speeding shipments in the West, launching a next-day service linking Las Vegas with cities in Northern California.

The world’s largest retailer, $419 billion Wal-Mart Stores, is also one of its largest shippers, managing a transportation network supplying roughly 4,500 Walmart and Sam's Club stores in the U.

An activist hedge fund investor said he will wage a proxy battle to replace the top leadership of Canadian Pacific Railway after the railroad's directors rejected his attempt to tap a former Canadian

Truckload linehaul rates rose 0.7 percent in December from the previous month and were up 8.6 percent year-over-year, according to Cass Information Systems.

Diesel prices across the United States increased for first time in seven weeks in the week ending Jan.

CSX Transportation stands to gain more than $230 million in annual

U.S. Xpress Enterprises picked Todd Smith, former president of truckload operator LinkAmerica, as president of Arnold Transportation Services, a 750-truck affiliate.

Canadian Pacific Railway directors unanimously rejected the push by an activist hedge fund investor to replace the company’s CEO with the former chief of rival Canadian National Railway.

Rodolph Davis Moseley, a veteran who founded trucking company Bulldog Hiway Express with a $1,000 loan and a used truck, died Jan. 6. He was 84 years old.

More than 60 percent of truckers surveyed in November said they expect volume to increase in 2012, with only 2 percent expecting freight levels to decrease, says trucking acquisition analysis and rese

Coal exports may account for less than 10 percent of U.S. production, but strong demand from overseas buyers proved critical for domestic mining companies facing weak utility markets in 2011.

When Canadian National Railway announced in August it was expanding a lumber transload facility at Prince George, British Columbia, it marked one of the few events in the past four years with a hint o

Economic growth was disappointing in 2011 and a strong rebound is unlikely in 2012, but North America’s railroads will continue to outperform the overall economy, especially in the intermodal se

You see them more these days than a year ago, the smiling people. Odds are they work in trucking.

YRC, looking to restructure its operations as the trucking operator seeks to rebuild its finances, is preparing for talks with the Teamsters union on a redesign of its freight terminal network and how

A collision of three CSX Transportation trains caused a massive chemical fire and possible hazardous chemical spill Friday afternoon in northwest Indiana, according to published reports.

The U.S. economy has undergone major changes in last few decades. In 1950, goods-related activity was 40 percent of GDP.

International container business has been a key element in the development of the North American rail intermodal transportation market for decades.

Three unions representing railroad workers this week ratified contracts with major U.S.

Stronger than expected job gains in transportation and manufacturing helped reduce the U.S.

Truckload rates rose less than some carriers expected but more than shippers wanted in 2011, with spot market rates on average rising 7.4 percent and contract rates climbing an average 6.5 percent, a

Rising rail freight and equipment demand sent revenue soaring at railcar and barge maker Greenbrier in the last quarter, strengthening the company’s profits.

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YRC Worldwide is selling the former Akron headquarters of Roadway and may eliminate up to 100 jobs in the Ohio city, according to the Akron Beacon Jou

Orders for Class 8 heavy trucks rose 46 percent in December from November, topping 30,000 units, according to preliminary data from one research firm.

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Trucking and logistics operator LinkAmerica is upgrading its fleet of tractors and trailers and enhancing its efforts to recruit and retain drivers, the company said.

Canadian trucking operator Contrans Group purchased Wilburn Archer Trucking, adding the dry bulk trucker to its transportation and logistics subsidiaries.

Trucking and logistics operator Walden Smokey Point is expanding flatbed operations by acquiring E.W. Wylie Trucking of West Fargo, N.D.

Short line and regional freight railroad holding company Patriot Rail Corp. has announced a restructuring of its operations management team, effective Jan. 1, 2012.

Stifel Nicolaus downgraded the stock of Union Pacific from “buy” to “hold” Tuesday despite the investment research firm forecasting higher earnings for the rail giant.

GE Transportation acquired rail industry software developer RMI from The Carlyle Group, expanding its transportation software and optimization business.

Limited changes in truck driver hours of service regulations make a severe trucking

Diesel prices across the United States fell for the six straight week in the week ending Jan.

The Teamsters union is preparing to strike companies represented by the Pipe Line Contractors Association in a dispute over retirement plans.