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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

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.

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 number of refrigerated trucks on U.S. highways is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to a report by Technavio.

Distribution planners looking for the ideal location to build an inland port probably wouldn’t zero in on Minot, N.D., but that didn’t stop Greg Johnson, president of North Dakota Port Ser

Trucking employment fell slightly in August and has remained relatively flat since June, according to seasonally adjusted data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Department of Transportation is finally prepared to release $34 million in grant funds it announced last October, so that freight rail giants BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad can proceed on

Short line and regional railroads saw total shipments rise 3.4 percent in the final week of August, with gains across various cargoes linked to industrial demand.

The shareholders of Express-1 Expedited Solutions approved a $150 million private equity investment and a change in management and name for the company.

Major North American railroads saw their carloadings of automobiles and other large equipment rise 5.3 percent last week, to the strongest weekly vehicle shipments since early last spring.

Regional truckload carrier Brown Trucking is investing in trailer-tracking technology to better manage its fleet and effectively increase capacity.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group increased its credit facility to $100 million and reset its credit terms as it eyes future acquisitions and internal investment.

Many trucks are still unable to make deliveries in New Jersey, Vermont and New York because numerous bridges and road remain washed out after Hurricane Irene battered the region last weekend.

The federal government is suing trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line for allegedly discriminating against an alcoholic truck driver.

Trucking’s urge to merge will be dented by an uncertain economy and faltering economic growth, slowing the pace of merger and acquisition activity after a year rife with motor carrier buyouts, s

APL Logistics said it is outperforming the U.S. intermodal market since its reentry into the business last year after a decade-long absence.

The dollar value of U.S. surface trade with Canada and Mexico rose 11 percent in June to $77.5 billion, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics said Tuesday.

FedEx Freight is expanding in Mexico, adding terminals in Toluca, Puebla and Veracruz through its alliance with Mexican carrier Auto Lineas America.

Freight forwarder Panalpina, looking to capitalize on the growing importance of intra-Asia trade

CSX will spend $59 million to expand its intermodal terminal in Columbus, Ohio, leveraging its new terminal to the north and part of its $850 million initiative to better connect East Coast ports with

Purolator International, moving to double its footprint in the United States, said it plans to open three more branch offices in the U.S. this year after opening seven facilities since January.

Diesel prices across the United States rose 1 cent in the week ending Aug. 29, increasing for the first time in six weeks as oil prices rose on a report of increased consumer spending.

Three global investors will pump $150 million into a U.S. company that plans to build a nationwide network of natural gas fueling stations for heavy trucks.

A federal appeals court overturned a rule that would require certain trucking companies to use electronic onboard recorders to monitor drivers.

Major trucking companies along the U.S.

Major East Coast ports re-opened Monday and trucking and railroad companies slowly resumed services as they began making a full assessment of damage to transportation operations that took the impact o

APL Logistics is taking a “cautious” outlook for the rest of the year and into 2012, despite a strong first half-year performance and growth in emerging markets and automotive logistics.

BSNF Railway will reopen an important flooded out track segment across the Missouri River on Sept. 3, five days earlier than planned.

Customs and Border Protection on Friday started advance testing of the ocean and rail cargo manifest systems in the Automated Commercial Environment

The Broward County Board of County Commissioners on Aug.

Bulk carload traffic at major North American railroads rose 2.8 percent in week ending Aug. 20 from a week earlier, setting a new volume peak for 2011.

Major railroads in the U.S., Canada and Mexico picked up 1.3 percent more intermodal containers and trailers last week than the week previous, for their second-highest total of 2011.

The grain crop marketing year that ended July 31 was one of the strongest on record for Canadian National Railway’s export volume to the West Coast ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert.

UPS added 100 all-electric delivery vehicles for deployment in California, bolstering its fleet of more than 2,200 alternative fuel vehicles and tripling its electric transport fleet.

The head of the American Trucking Associations wants Govs.

Averitt Express added 73,150-square-feet of warehouse space in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, as it joins other less-than-truckload carriers in

Four small railroads and seven Class I carriers received $7.7 million in security grants from the Department of Homeland, a $6.8 million decrease from the

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said will buy freight Prime Logistics for $97.5 million, as one the fastest gro

For-hire truck tonnage fell 1.3 percent in July after rising a revised 2.6 percent in June, indicating growth will