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Owners of railcars across North America pulled 5,539 units of various types out of storage during August, shrinking the idled fleet to its lowest level since the 2008-2009 recession.

Trucking company ABF Freight System opened offices in 12 additional Asian nations, expanding its overseas reach from Japan to India.

Commercial truck drivers should be banned from using cell phones while driving, including hands-free phones, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

President Obama’s jobs bill could hinder rather than help efforts to pass a multi-year tra

Swift Transportation recently won a dedicated carriage contract from Wal-Mart Stores that will generate between $60 million and $80 million in additional revenue.

Union Pacific Railway said international intermodal volume has been recently weak, but customers expect to compress the peak season for boxed loads into September and October.

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Trucking companies loath to add capacity by buying new tractors or trailers are turning to technology to unlock capacity hidden within their existing fleets.

If rule-making at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration continues this fall the way it’s been going, the agency may need electronic on-board recorders to keep track of its own legal te

It’s a tale of two railroads, both operating through some of the worst of times in terms of nature’s wrath, but coming through in vastly different shape.

Sylvie Vachon joined the Montreal Port Authority in 1990, managing the departments of Financial Services, Land and Property, Procurement and Risk Management, Information Technology, Human Resources an

North America’s rail networks began September trying to dry out.

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Tropical Storm Lee has spread flooding up the mid-Atlantic region and into the Northeast, disrupting freight rail operations in several states, after swamping track operations around the Gulf of Mexic

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Candidates for top office in the Teamsters union battled over the fate of multiemployer pension plans, jobs and organizing and concessions to employers Sept.

Bulk freight shipments on major North American railroads rose 1.4 percent last week to the highest level since April 2, with gains across a wide range of cargoes.

The terrorists attacks of September 11 forced the U.S. government to take a closer look at not only the security risks facing their airspace, but at its ports, railroads and highways as well.

ILWU protestors clash with police near a controversial grain terminal in Longview, Wash.

The Arizona Supreme Court cleared the way for a driver lawsuit against Swift Transportation that could have big ramifications for how trucking companies pay drivers.

A cooling-off period that starts today could soon lead to presidential intervention in contract disputes between 11 national rail unions and the largest U.S.

Hurricane Irene cost the CSX about $10 million to $15 million in damage and lost business but the railroad expects to make up some of the losses, an executive said.

Wal-Mart is “guardedly optimistic” about the rest of 2011 but sees a trend toward a “flatter” peak season for holiday shipments, said Kelly Abney, the retailer’s vice pre

Rail service has slipped because of bad weather and cost-cutting that have left railroads without enough train crews to operate trains or switch railcars frequently, shippers told an investment bank c

Wall Street research firm Wolfe Trahan Group is reducing its estimates for transportation earnings per share as economic headwinds gain strength.

The July figures from the Labor Department included 551,000 job openings in trade, transportation and utilities industries, a 33 percent increase from a year ago.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union vowed to maintain its pickets at a newly built grain terminal in Longview, Wash., despite a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Tac

BNSF Railway Chairman and CEO Matt Rose believes the best way to get U.S.

Weakening economic conditions haven’t slowed trucking giant Landstar System, which says it gained truckload freight and raised rates in July and August.

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Class 8 truck orders rebounded in August, despite dire predictions for the U.S. economy, according to preliminary figures from two research groups.

Saddle Creek promoted Mike DelBovo, a 14-year company veteran, to the new position of president of transportation at the contract logistics operator.

The Cass Freight Index for U.S. shipments grew 4.4 percent in August over the same month a year ago, the smallest gain in a year-and-a-half and a sign of fragile demand in the American economy.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration upheld the use of stickers to identify trucks complying with a drayage registry established by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The Teamsters union filed a lawsuit last week in an attempt to block the Obama administration’s plans for a cross-border trucking pilot project with Mexico.

Ports around the United States are anxious to encourage greater use of intermodal rail for inbound shipments, but when does that encouragement amount to an illegal subsidy for rail transport?

With two major double-stack corridor projects under way, eastern rail giants Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation plan to offer shippers their most efficient intermodal networks since the r

Frozen Food Express Industries saw total operating revenue increase $6.4 million to $101.3 million in the second quarter of 2011, compared with $95 million in the same period of 2010.

John Simone spent his fifth day as president and CEO of LinkAmerica meeting the people who may hold the key to his new company’s success — truck drivers.

The freight rail industry is fighting a regulation that allows the federal government to fine Class I carriers if Amtrak-provided data shows the railroads caused delays in passenger service.