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Canadian rail shippers are anxiously waiting to see if Canadian National Railway and 2,700 union workers in the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference can reach a mediated agreement and head off a potential

YRC Worldwide reached a tentative agreement with the Teamsters union on a comprehensive financial restructuring to help the struggling trucking giant survive.

In the latest sign that the freight recovery is hardening, railcar manufacturer Greenbrier Companies announced a second large round of recent orders for 3,000 cars worth $200 million, led as before by

The American Trucking Associations at the weekend filed its formal appeal with U.S. District Court Judge Christina A.

The Port of Los Angeles’ timetable for implementing the employee-driver concession requirement in its clean-trucks plan starts next year, but the harbor trucking industry in Southern California

Warnings of an impending shortage of drivers may be spreading through the trucking industry and its shipping customers, but there’s no sign of the problem at the central Pennsylvania headquarter

Any trucking industry appeal of a ruling for the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks plan will hinge on whether a court believes the country’s largest port is run not only by a government agency bu

At the start of 2007, FedEx Freight was on a roll.

Nearly three-fourths of rail shippers want Congress to pass a regulatory reform bill, according to a Wall Street analyst’s survey, and many shippers say they might consider filing their own chal

In the first progress report on its ambitious National Export Initiative, the Obama administration rapped a solid base hit, but business leaders are looking for home runs.

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Commercial trailer orders rose 2 percent from July to August, and were up 55 percent from a year ago, ACT Research reports.

Locomotive builder GE Transportation said it signed the largest locomotive delivery deal in Brazil’s history as Brazilian rail operator MRS Logistica agreed to buy 115 units with an option for 100 mor

A stimulus-type grant fund of $600 million at the Department of Transportation has drawn nearly 1,000 applications from states totaling $19 billion in aid requests.

Germany's DB Schenker Rail launched a project to create a Europe-wide system to supply and control rail freight transport aimed at boosting the industry's share of the maritime container market.

The railroad industry is urging Congress to block an Obama administration move to permanently allow Maine a

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J.

FedEx Freight is studying a price increase of its own after YRC's general rate increase this week, Presi

The number of workers employed by for-hire trucking firms has grown steadily since February, but is still lower than it was a year ago and far smaller than payroll numbers two years ago, an analysis o

The top U.S.-owned freight railroads never before hauled as many intermodal containers as they did in the week ending Sept. 18, said the Association of American Railroads.

The Department of Transportation’s push to complete infrastructure stimulus projects led it to pay out $6 billion over the summer to reimburse states for completed work, nearly a third of the amount t

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide raised its tariff rates at national carrier YRC by 5.9 percent Sept.

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners on Sept.

The summer doldrums in freight activity led some major railroads to cut their U.S. employment while others added jobs, so that their overall workforce fell slightly from mid-July to mid-August.

Greek lawmakers Wednesday voted to reform the nation's protected trucking industry as striking drivers clashed with police and blocked key highways on the tenth day of a nationwide walkout.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said Tuesday he will be working on a bill to create a national infrastructure bank that should be ready by the time the 112th Congress convenes in January 2011.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he is initiating a new regulatory process to ban texting and limit use of mobile devices by commercial truck drivers while hauling hazardous materials.

UPS said it is preparing to follow its ban on driver texting with a broader policy on use of cell and smart phones while its employees are behind the wheel, in support of federal policies to combat di

The Greek parliament will vote on controversial plans to deregulate road transport Tuesday as a nationwide truck drivers' protest strike entered its second week.

The White House is drawing fire from highway safety advocates for its support of pilot projects permitting heavier trucks on interstate highways in two states.

The retail price of diesel increased 1.7 cents to an average of $2.96 per gallon last week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

YRC Worldwide is asking the Teamsters union for a new round of “cost savings,” but the price could be high for the largest U.S. trucking operator.

North America’s top freight railroad officials aren’t buying the reported concern that the economy may hit a double-dip back into recession.

Shippers wondering if they can save money by transloading their imports from marine containers into domestic boxes should talk to Josh Owen.

The shipping surge that benefited many truckers in the second quarter also boosted third-party logistics companies and freight brokers, raising the total dollars they billed 13 percent over the same q

The Port of Los Angeles plans to begin phasing in the employee-driver mandate in its clean-truck program over three years with a requirement that each motor carrier handle 20 percent of the company&rs

North American short lines originated more intermodal loads in the week ending Sept.

Canadian National Railway inked performance agreements with ocean terminal operators Maher and DP World at the Prince Rupert and Vancouver ports.

In a filing late Thursday, the American Trucking Associations stated it will ask Christina A.

Truckload spot market freight volume dropped 13.8 percent in August from July, continuing a slide from its peak in April, according to TransCore's North American Freight Index.