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James L. Welch is resigning as CEO of Dynamex, leaving the former YRC executive free to rejoin the trucking company in place of retiring chief William D. Zollars.

Landstar System increased its profit 21 percent to $29.6 million in the second quarter, as the truckload carrier group exercised its pricing power in an improved, albeit slightly “choppy”

More freight and higher rates gave Swift Transportation a $19.6 million net profit in the second quarter, compared with a $23.1 million loss a year ago.

Short line railroads surveyed by RMI’s RailConnect report had their strongest loadings of ore for all of 2011 in the week ending July 16, an indication of increased demand from factories and met

The CEO of Union Pacific Railroad says uncertainty among rail customers about the economy’s direction makes it hard to predict, even as he expects a freight traffic pickup in the second half of

Werner Enterprises increased its net profit 31 percent year-over-year to $27.5 million as revenue rose 11 percent to $515.9 million in the second quarter.

Union Pacific Railroad reported a record profit of $785 million in the second quarter, a 10 percent year-over-year increase, as strong pricing offset modest freight traffic growth and $14 million in s

Norfolk Southern Railway in just eight days began and finished $16.2 million in upgrades to a southwestern Pennsylv

Averitt Express is shortening transit times between the Southern U.S. and Western Canada with a service that speeds freight across the border over weekends.

The start date for testing ocean and rail manifest systems of Automated Commercial Environment is pushed back to Aug. 1 or later, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

CSX Transportation expects the upcoming intermodal peak season to kick in later than last year and not last as long, but says the peak will be “very strong.”

Canadian National Railway will spend more than $21 million (C$20 million) this year and next to expand the sidings of a key line that connects Toronto with Winnipeg, and takes freight from the big Wes

Heavy truck orders slowed for the second straight month in June, dropping 9 percent from May levels to 21,266 units, but production backlog remains “solid,” ACT Research said.

Marten Transport improved its profitability for the fifth straight quarter, raising its profit 20.1 percent from a year ago to $6.2 million in the second quarter.

The rail freight economy is improving, the head of CSX Transportation said, and key customer sectors such as manufacturing point toward more growth despite persistent concerns about the broad directio

Heartland Express increased its profit 35.3 percent year-over-year to $22.5 million as operating revenue rose 7 percent to $137.2 million in the second quarter.

Second quarter profit at CSX Transportation jumped 22 percent to $506 million on just a 3 percent rise in freight traffic from a year earlier, highlighting the eastern U.S.

Former Massachusetts governor and presidential canidate Michael Dukakis said to invest in the future spending on infrastructure is key — even if requires increasing the fuel tax during the

A federal judge threw a new twist into the battle over clean-trucks programs at Southern California ports, ruling the Po

YRC Inc., the long-haul subsidiary of YRC Worldwide is hiking its rates 6.9 percent, matching rate hikes announced by many of its

The U.S. Department of Transportation is making it harder for unsafe bus and truck operators to stay in business and making rule-breaking more costly.

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Diesel prices across the United States increased 2.4 cents a gallon in the week ending July 18, rising for the second consecutive week just a crude oil prices fell, largely because of European and U.S

Con-way Freight will hike its tariff rates 6.9 percent Aug. 1, matching general rate increases announced this month by UPS Freight and ABF Freight System.

Total Transportation Services, a Long-Beach, Calif-based port drayage company, plans to buy 100 hydrogen fuel cell plug-in e

FTR Associates’ monthly Shippers Condition Index rose this month, indicating that market influences affectin

The Teamsters union and environmental groups are taking a new tack in their long, so far unrewarding campaign to organize port container haulers.

Uncertainty may pervade the economy recovery and its impact on freight networks, but if railcar and barge builder Greenbrier is any indication, demand is holding up just fine, and getting better.

In laying a formal petition before federal regulators, heavy freight rail shippers at the National Industrial Transportation League hope to crack open an iron grip major railroads hold on many facilit

For a quick gauge of where truck pricing is headed, check tire prices.

When the first Mexican truck in a new cross-border trucking pilot project rolls into the U.S., it will bring an end to punitive Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods.

Security continues to be a key issue for shippers doing business in Mexico. The rise in cross-border surface trade between the U.S.

After securing a $400 million asset-based loan, the last remaining step is the sale of $100 million worth of convertible preferred securities to its lenders, a company official said.

Corsa Coal began sending trainloads of high-heat metallurgical coal out of its new Somerset, Pa., coal wash plant, generating export shipments for CSX Transportation.

North Carolina’s Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway will be the exclusive project advisor to Gladstone Development on a recently acquired site developers hope boosts Charlotte's role as a r

YRC Worldwide expects its revenue to rise about $600 million this year to $4.9 billion and to report an operating profit of $4.2 million in the second half.

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