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Ryder System’s net profit leaped 34.2 percent year-over-year to $40 million in the second quarter, as revenue climbed 18.1 percent to $1.5 billion in the second quarter.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group more than doubled its profit in the second quarter despite a 1.2 percent drop in freight revenue to $115.3 million.

Major railcar and barge builder Trinity Industries's soared 63 percent in the second quarter to $30 million, despite disruptions to a barge production facility in Missouri.

Third-party logistics and brokerage giant C.H.

Canadian Pacific Railway blamed severe flood disruptions for shrinking its second-quarter profit 23 percent to about $136 million (C$128 million), by curbing revenue growth and adding costs.

UPS Freight increased its revenue 19 percent to $660 million in the second quarter, improving its revenue per hundredweight and profitability, the company said.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have chosen seven companies as recipients of the 2011 Clean Air Action Plan quality awards.

Second quarter profit powered ahead by 42 percent at Norfolk Southern Railway, continuing a pattern of strong earnings reports by major railroads despite tepid freight volume trends.

Strong growth in global truck markets drove engine sales up 53 percent to $2.9 billion in the second quarter at heavy-duty engine manufacturer Cummins.

Norfolk Southern Railway is increasing its dividend 7.5 percent to 43 cents a share.

High demand for heavy trucks in the U.S. drove up sales and profit for drivetrain supplier Eaton in the second quarter.

MultiPack, formally Servicios Nacionales Mupa, has trucking, express package and warehousing operations across Mexico.

For-hire truck tonnage rose 2.8 percent in June after falling a revised 2 percent in May, indicating that freight shi

Canadian less-than-truckload operator Vitran lost $2.3 million in the second quarter, despite a 23.1 percent increase in revenue to $208.9 million.

Top executives are shifting jobs at truckload carrier C.R. England, with CEO Dean England taking the president’s title from Chairman Dan England.

Railcar fleet leasing firm CIT Rail ordered 5,000 hopper and tank cars for about $475 million, with production to be split among “multiple manufacturers.”

Canadian National Railway’s second-quarter profit rose 8.2 percent before counting a charge for net deferred income tax, to $611 million (C$578 million), as it coped with weather problems from f

Diesel prices across the United States increased 2.6 cents in the week ending July 25, rising for the third consecutive week as gridlock over the U.S. debt solution pushed crude oil prices down.

Richard Hughes Jr., who is not seeking re-election as International Longshoremen’s Association president, said Harold Daggett has his “full support” as the next head of the Atlantic

YRC Worldwide must demonstrate its value to shippers, logistics providers and its own employees to survive and succeed, new CEO James L. Welch said.

Canadian logistics provider and package carrier Purolator International opened a facility in Minneapolis as it rolls out an “aggressive” expansion in the U.S.

The U.S.

In its first full year of operations as a U.S. third-party logistics operator, Echo Global Logistics took in $33.2 million in gross revenue from 677 customers. That was 2006.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will replace fewer old trucks than expected under a $28 million clean-air initiative but says the program is a success and may be a forerunner of similar

Some of the most up-to-date readings of the economy and detailed forecasts for where it&rsquo;s headed will appear this week and into early August, courtesy of major North American freight railroads.<

There may be a strong case to be made for using natural gas to fuel the country&rsquo;s heavy-duty trucks, but for years that case has been ruled by inarguable logic: Truckers don&rsquo;t buy natural

Matthew &ldquo;Bo&rdquo; Bates thinks many ocean carriers have left their customers in the lurch.

YRC Worldwide on Friday named James L. Welch, a former president of Yellow Transportation who spent 29 years with the trucking company, as its new CEO.

Troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide completed its $500 million financial restructuring Friday, cementing long-term credit terms and labor concessions that will save the company more than $1 billion

The seven largest freight railroads added 1,818 workers to their U.S. payrolls from mid-May to mid-June, the largest increase this year.

When YRC Worldwide&rsquo;s new board of directors meets for the first time today, job number one will be naming a new CEO. Job number two: a new CFO.

J.B.

Long-haul less-than-truckload operator YRC National rolled back into the black in the second quarter, reporting an operating profit of $10.6 million.

YRC Worldwide hiked its contract rates about 4 percent in the second quarter as the less-than-truckload carrier hauled more long-haul and regional freight.

Kansas City Southern, the smallest of North America&rsquo;s Class I railroads, saw profit leap by 104 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier to $70.7 million, as it held down cost increases

Freight volume for major North American railroads fell 0.3 percent in the week ending July 16 compared to the same week a year ago, keeping business for the railroads below recent peaks for both bulk

YRC Worldwide, in the midst of a restructuring aimed at stabilizing the trucking company's finances, reported a $39 million loss for the second quarter on Friday but said overall revenue grew 12.3 per

Trac Intermodal, which leases or rents 245,000 marine and domestic chassis to motor carriers throughout North America, is testing a program that includes the cost of maintenance and repair in its dail

USA Truck increased sales in the second quarter but its profit dropped $300,000 to $598,000, clipped by higher fuel costs and a fuel-hedge hangover from last year.