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Deutsche Bahn, the German railway and logistics group, boosted first half profits by over 26 percent from a year ago driven by a 40 percent surge in rail freight volumes and significantly higher air a

Canadian Pacific Railway had a 23 percent rise in net income from the second quarter of 2009, to $162 million, while revenue grew 20 percent to about $1.2 billion.

Unionized truckers in India called for an indefinite strike starting at midnight on Aug. 5 that threatens to disrupt freight movements across the country.

Old Dominion Freight Line doubled its net profit in the second quarter to $21.5 million on the strongest growth in tonnage the less-than-truckload carrier has seen in two years, the company said Wedne

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Norfolk Southern Railway’s second quarter net profit surged 59 percent to $392 million, the railroad said, while revenue rose 31 percent from a year earlier to $2.43 billion.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood came under fire Tuesday from House lawmakers over infrastructure financing, taking heat from those for and against raising taxes to pay for hig

The first draft of a new rule on the time truckers may spend behind the wheel was sent to the White House July 26 for what’s expected to be a three-month review.

Kansas City Southern, the smallest of North America’s Class I railroads, powered back from tough recession financials to post a $37.4 million profit for the second quarter that was up 527 percen

A U.S. District Court ordered YRC Worldwide to hand over the names of all black employees who worked at its Chicago Ridge facility from 2004 through 2009.

Diesel fuel prices jumped an average of 2 cents a gallon in the past week across the United States, ending a month-long drop in mid-summer energy costs, the U.S.

YRC Worldwide’s stock price is climbing, rising 30 cents since hitting a low of 11 cents a share July 7, after weeks of being hammered on Wall Street.

Truckers in Greece are striking over a plan to introduce new trucking licenses.

Truckload carrier Covenant Transportation Group to profitability after a second-quarter surge in freight.

Kansas City Southern’s railroad in Mexico reopened its flood-damaged Anahuac Bridge over the Salado River in northern Mexico on July 24, and immediately began running trains again through the no

The Department of Transportation gave final approval to an innovative $300 million loan package to help Denver remake its Union Station passenger rail center into a light rail and bus hub.

The truckload business at J.B.

A push by the Obama administration to get as much stimulus money out the door as possible is spawning projects tied to road, rail and sea.

Highway safety could be imperiled if programs and efforts to enforce regulations and improve truck safety don’t receive sufficient funding, the head of an association dedicated to truck safety e

It’s getting to be a taxing wait for U.S. short line railroads, whose owners hoped Congress would have renewed a popular tax credit for track repairs by now.

Shippers, truckers and railroads were scrambling to recover from floods that disrupted one of North America’s key trade corridors — the roads and rail lines linking Laredo, Texas, and Mont

Norfolk Southern Railway is counting on approval of its plan to expand and upgrade its Toledo, Ohio, intermodal yard to keep pace with rival CSX Transportation in a race for eastern railroad supremacy

Two of the nation’s largest trucking companies are flouting economic speed limits.

Eight short line railroads in four New England states will share in a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to refit aging locomotives with anti-idling devices.

Less-than-truckload carrier Vitran nearly quadrupled its profit and raised its yield in the second quarter, as its freight volume surged 10 percent.

Don't expect economic growth to loosen tight truck capacity, a carrier executive warns. The shipping business in on the cusp of an extended period of tight truck capacity, said Clifton R.

USA Truck is back in the black with a $900,000 profit for the second quarter, its first net profit since the end of 2008. Its sales rose 16.8 percent to $94.9 million.

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Rail equipment leasing giant GATX depended partly on a pickup in its shipping operations to post a 69 percent profit jump to $21.5 million in the second quarter, from a year earlier, while earnings at

Union Pacific Railroad turned in a second-quarter profit that was up 53 percent from a year earlier to $711 million, and was 17 percent of its $4.182 billion in receipts.

Werner Enterprises improved its net profit 64 percent in the second quarter compared to last year, to $20.9 million, almost double the carrier's earnings in the first quarter.

Swift Transportation, the nation's second-largest privately owned trucking company, is going public for the second time in its history.

Federal stimulus funds slated for high-speed rail in Ohio should be spent on highways instead, Republican candidate for governor John Kasich said.

Intermodal middleman and logistics firm Hub Group posted a 16 percent gain in second-quarter net income from a year earlier, to $9.63 million, as volume in its main box-shipment business jumped by 25

Illinois and Union Pacific Railroad have come to terms on enough of a planned passenger line in UP’s right of way so that an initial 90-mile track project can begin in September.

Temperature-controlled trucker Marten Transport increased its profit 15.2 percent in the second quarter despite essentially flat revenue compared with a year ago.

The seven largest freight railroads added 612 net workers to their U.S. operations from mid-May to mid-June, after making a small cut in May.

FedEx Ground will pay Massachusetts $3 million to settle allegations it misclassified delivery truck drivers as independent contractors, the state attorney general said.

New orders for heavy trucks and other equipment are working their way through the supply chain, boosting earnings at truck component maker Eaton.

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation increased its profit 26 percent in the second quarter, as its total revenue rose 14.4 percent to $185.4 million.