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The former president of Con-way Freight, John Labrie, joined truckload giant CRST International as head of its core dry van division CRST Expedited.

Just as he threatened, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood began redirecting $1.195 billion away from passenger rail projects rejected by governors-elect in Wisconsin and Ohio, and said those stimulus

National labor organizations intensified their attack on the classification of harbor truck drivers as independent contractors with the release Wednesday of the report, "The Big Rig: Poverty, Pollutio

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Dynamex received a higher offer from an unnamed bidder, jeopardizing its $237.8 million acquisition by transportation investor Greenbriar Equity Group.

With rail freight demand slowing, railcar owners last month pulled fewer cars out of storage than at any time this year, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Germany's Deutsche Bahn signed an agreement with Beijing to develop China's rail freight transport and supervise the construction of high-speed rail lines.

Midwestern truckload carrier Continental Express is expanding in the Southeastern U.S. by purchasing Carolina Refrigerated, Gaffney, S.C. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Diesel fuel prices jumped an average 3.5 cents across the United State over the past week to $3.197 per gallon, the highest point diesel prices have reached in more than two years, according

The Teamsters union at one point pressured ABF Freight System to buy ailing rival YRC Worldwide, ABF Freight System revealed on a company Web site.

FedEx Ground will raise its rates by a net average of 5.9 percent Jan. 3, but a fuel surcharge reduction will blunt the increase to 4.9 percent.

ABF Freight System's attempt to overturn YRC Worldwide's historic wage-cutting agreements with the Teamsters union is headed to federal court Dec. 16.

Container truck drivers late Saturday called off a five-day strike at the Port of Cochin, restoring the movement of ocean freight traffic to and from India Gateway Terminal.

An Alabama trucking company shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reopened five days later with a new name, a new owner, but many of the same trucks and drivers, and it’s

From his office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dennis Miller waits for word from officials in that state and neighboring Illinois on when his regional railroad may begin engineering on construction projects t

Although the banning of old, polluting trucks from the nation’s two largest ports appears to be a difficult requirement to circumvent, creative truckers in Southern Californi

Slumping home sales are dragging down volume for ocean and surface transportation carriers that rely on housing for shipments ranging from lumber to lounge chairs.

With all the labor controversy, political intrigue and costly litigation surrounding clean-trucks programs at U.S.

The economy is growing slowly and freight demand is down from last spring’s high mark, but orders for new trucks and trailers are exceeding all speed limits.

Trucking companies that receive some shocking mail in the next few weeks from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration can’t say they and their customers weren’t warned.

Thousands of small trucking operators fear they could be forced out of business when some of their CSA 2010 scores are made public this month, despite their satisfactory safety ratings

There’s widespread belief among carriers and shippers that CSA 2010 will tighten truck capacity, but no consensus on when and by how much.

Shipping and aviation were high on the agenda of the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun as environment ministers, policymakers and regulators from around the world invaded the Mexican

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comments on a trucking group’s challenge of a plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to require stickers for vehicles that mee

Same-day delivery specialist Dynamex increased sales 11.2 percent to $110.6 million in its last quarter, but higher purchased transportation costs cut into profit.

CSA 2010 will launch no earlier than Dec. 12, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says, delaying the publication of carrier data by about a week.

Strength in several raw material categories for the week ending Nov.

Two key Republican House members are calling on the Obama administration to end an impasse with Mexico over cross-border trucking.

Intercontainer-Interfrigo, Europe's largest intermodal transport company, appointed lawyers to carry out the process of liquidation.

Swift Transportation raised the stakes in its initial public offering this week to $1 billion as it launched a stock sale first announced in August.

A new implementing accord for a $12.9 million grant, just signed by the U.S.

Vitran is selling off most of its truckload assets for $5 million to focus on its core less-than-truckload and logistics business, the Canadian-based company said.

Same-day carrier Dynamex accepted a sweetened acquisition offer of $238 million from Greenbriar Equity Group, turning down a rival offer from an unnamed suitor.

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The final report by President Obama's deficit commission stuck with a plan offered earlier by its co-chairs to hike federal fuel taxes 15 cents a gallon but included a number of recommendations that c

More than 400 owner-operators drove their trucks in a massive protest convoy on Highway 91 outside of Vancouver last Friday.

The Senate Tuesday morning passed by a 73-25 vote a bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration added authority to keep contaminated food out of the food chain.

Retail prices for diesel fuel fell an average of nine-tenths of a cent last week to $3.162 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Smaller trucking companies and expedited carriers are asking a federal court to stay a portion of the federal CSA 2010 safety initiative set to take effect next month.

The Obama administration is formally introducing its emission and fuel efficiency rules for heavy trucks and other freight-hauling vehicles, starting a 60-day countdown for public comment.