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A bipartisan Senate bill aimed at defending businesses from fraudulent freight brokering schemes is being backed by independent truckers and freight brokers.

FedEx Freight's losses more than tripled in the fiscal year ending May 31, as steep price discounting in 2009 cut deeply into its earnings, despite market share gains.

FedEx’s net profit reached $419 million in the quarter ending May 31 following a loss a year ago and the company said Monday it expects a recovering global economy and stronger pricing to push e

Truckload capacity is tightening in the U.S. Southeast at a greater rate than other portions of the country, according to Longbow Research.

Pollution from port activities in Long Beach dropped as much as 52 percent in 2009 compared to 2005, according to the port’s latest inventory of pollutants such as diesel particulate matter, nit

Transcore's North American Freight Index slipped 3.2 percent in May from the previous month, after rising 25 percent and 44 percent month-to-month in April and March.

The fifth consecutive week of falling diesel prices brought the national average down 1.8 cents in the week ending June 14 to its lowest point since the middle of March at $2.928 per gallon, the U.S.

YRC Worldwide revised a credit agreement to borrow additional money, the company said Monday, as the trucking operator said it expects a pre-tax profit in the second quarter but that higher spending i

Barges boosted their share of container transport to and from Rotterdam’s hinterland last year while rail lost three years of growth.

Canadian National Railway and container facility operator TSI Terminal Systems inked what they called a “supply chain collaboration agreement” aimed at improving turnaround times for conta

When the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach sneeze, the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority catches a cold.

When Joe Killeen wanted to prove an all-electric truck could make it on the tough streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, he turned to Norton and Trixie.

Rail freight data is flashing new warning signals about the strength of industrial demand for raw materials even as intermodal traffic expands.

As debate rages in Washington about how to pay for infrastructure expansion and modernization, one need look no further than the Alameda Corridor for how much-debated and controversial user fees can w

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Hybrid electric trucks are rolling off the drawing board in greater numbers as manufacturers ramp up production and transport operators put them to work — or at least try them out.

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BNSF Railway will replace its entire bridge over the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa, to tap into low construction costs in the recovering economy and a major upgrade of one section that is alre

ACT Research increased its 2010 forecast for heavy truck production to 4,500 units, a 23 percent increase over 2009.

YRC Worldwide’s stock value fell almost 12 percent Thursday to 20 cents a share, as approximately 131 million shares changed hands in a day of frenzied trading.

After delaying sweeping truck safety changes, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is “absolutely on target” to meet its new deadlines, FMCSA administrator Anne S.

Shippers and freight brokers are facing a “landslide” of lawsuits related to truck accidents, says Tucker Company Worldwide President Jeffrey Tucker.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and representatives from Class I railroads met Wednesday to discuss building a nationwide high-speed rail network, the secretary said.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood may want to get more diesel-guzzling trucks off the road, but he says that doesn’t mean he undervalues the trucking industry.

The U.S. must find more “innovative” ways to fund infrastructure projects, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday.

YRC Worldwide's stock plunged to a record low Wednesday, dropping from about 31 cents to 22.2 cents per share before pulling up to 23.1 cents when the market closed.

Norfolk Southern Railway is tapping Axion Power International to develop a battery management system for the all-electric yard locomotive it unveiled last year.

The Department of Transportation paid out more than $13 billion to reimburse states for work done under last year’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The Freight Transportation Services Index rose for the third consecutive month in April, climbing 0.3 percent from March, the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics said.

Global cargo security firm Freightwatch is launching a covert freight tracking service in the U.S. with Qualcomm, the satellite communications and equipment tracking giant.

Truckload carrier Heartland Express is purchasing an undisclosed number of 2010-model-year Class 8 tractors from Navistar, replacing older vehicles in its fleet.

Owners of railcars across North America pulled only 747 cars of all types out of storage and activated them for revenue service during May, a time when intermodal volume was still surging but many car

Intermodal volume at the largest U.S.-owned railroads surged in May at its faster year-over-year pace ever, reflecting both strength in rail-truck combination hauls and how weak traffic was in May 200

U.S. diesel prices fell for the fourth straight week in the week ending June 7, with the national average price sliding 3.4 cents to $2.946 a gallon, the U.S.

Trucking employment last month grew at its fastest pace since it began to recover in March, and that mode led a broad gain in May that extended across all freight transportation modes.

Schneider National offered a $5,000 signing bonus for drivers willing to work for its Dedicated Services division in Chambersburg, Pa.

Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a bill into law today making Georgia the 28th state to ban cell phone texting while driving. The law will apply to all drivers effective July 1.

UPS said Monday it is bolstering its technology to simplify multimodal shipments and give importers more control over packages and less-than-truckload freight.

Tens of thousands of trucks and buses will be stopped for safety inspections by state police this week in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Roadcheck.