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Cargo thefts escalated as the economy slumped over the past two years, with 879 incidents reported in the U.S., according to Freightwatch International.

Universal Truckload Services earned $2.1 million in net profit in the 13 weeks ended April 30, almost entirely from sales of marketable securities.

Toronto-based trucker Vitran says price discounting in the less-than-truckload world appears to be leveling off, helping the carrier improve its financial picture this year.

With demand for construction materials growing as the building season heats up, small railroads in the United States and Canada had their strongest weekly traffic count in more than a year.

Railcar manufacturer and lessor Greenbrier Companies and investment firm WL Ross said they formed a new entity that bought a 4,000-railcar lease fleet that is valued around $230 million.

Marking a sharp change in the pattern that dominated the rail industry during the recession, nearly every Class I railroad operating in the United States increased employment by the time they made the

OTTAWA — Canada offered the state of Michigan up to $550 million as a sweetener to get the legislature to give final approval to the building of a controversial new bridge between Detroit and Wi

The major railroads of North America are enjoying a steady surge in freight shipments that is showing up in a range of industrial commodities and factory products.

Genesee & Wyoming -- an operator of short line railroads in North America, Australia and the Netherlands – saw first-quarter profit rise 15 percent to $16 million while the appreciation of f

American Railcar Industries posted a $7 million loss in the first quarter, but President and CEO James Cowan said bid requests are coming in for new car builds while demand has been strong for various

The Halifax Port Authority said it reached agreement with its two main container terminal operators, Cerescorp and Halterm, on setting performance standards designed to increase the speed of the impor

RailAmerica, one of the largest operators of North American short line railroads, lost $2.5 million in the first three months of 2010 but saw business turning higher in some key ways.

North American transportation companies are seeing initial, uneven signs of increasing demand but most remain cautious about declaring that a broad and sustained recovery is at hand, Standard & Po

Trinity Industries, North America’s largest freight railcar builder, saw its rail business lose more money in the first quarter while its overall profit shrank by 94 percent to $2 million.

Truckload carrier P.A.M.

Averitt Express added intermodal trailer and container operations to its line of trucking and other services as part of its “full-load/volume transportation” package for customers.

Surface trade with Canada and Mexico rose for the third consecutive month in February, surging a record 24.1 percent compared with the previous February, one of the slowest months of the recession.

The Teamsters on Wednesday launched a multimedia blitz to push Congress to change federal law that makes it tougher organize FedEx Express drivers.

Canadian Pacific Railway boosted profit 74 percent in the first quarter as an improved economy sparked higher revenue and lower expenses.

Old Dominion Freight Line profit jumped 93 percent in the first quarter, the first year-over-year increase since the third quarter of 2008.

Net profit for Container Corporation of India fell 2 percent from a year earlier to $177 million in fiscal 2009-10 ended March 31, despite a 6.5-percent increase in overall revenue.

Trucking rates have nowhere to go but up, and they’re ready now, several speakers told freight shippers Tuesday at NASSTRAC's annual conference.

Norfolk Southern Railway’s first-quarter profit soared 45 percent over a year earlier to $257 million, while operating revenue swelled 15 percent to $2.238 billion.

Truck engine manufacturer Cummins earned net income attributable to the company of $149 million in the first quarter, a significant improvement on the $7 million earned in the same quarter a year earl

The railroad industry handed rail safety regulators a new study that contradicts one offered by chlorine shippers, arguing that the high costs to railroads of installing federally mandated crash-avoid

Trucking company FedEx Freight, which has pointedly rejected rail transport in the past, could switch and turn to intermodal in coming years if the price is right and customers want the option.

Kansas City Southern, the smallest of the North American Class I railroads, posted a $32.6 million profit in the first quarter after an $8.1 million loss a year earlier, as revenue leaped 26 percent t

Renewed demand added to loaded miles for Celadon, lifting revenue in the company’s fiscal third quarter and helping the truckload carrier to earn a small profit.

Trucking executives say they are increasingly concerned that federal transportation policies could lead to underinvestment in highways, roads and bridges.

Canadian National Railway’s net profit grew 20.5 percent in the first quarter from the recession period a year earlier as revenue grew 5.7 percent and the carrier reported a 1.2 percent drop in

Truckload carrier USA Truck says the new emission regulation that took place starting in January is affecting its equipment costs and replacement strategy.

The average price of diesel edged up four-tenths of a cent to $3.078 per gallon last week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Ryder System net profit soared 82 percent in the first quarter to $12.4 million, bouncing back from a deep decline in the recession.

Dry-van truckload carrier USA Truck saw its first-quarter net loss expand 59 percent from a year earlier to $2.9 million but said it is making headway on diversifying the revenue stream and increasing

The Department of Transportation’s total spending under the economic stimulus package reached $10.893 billion as of April 16, up $456 million since the end of March.

ABF Freight System workers in Connecticut were credited with helping police seize 13.5 pounds of marijuana and arrest two people on drug charges.

ABF Freight System’s tentative labor accord tries to dull the pain of wage cuts by promising employees payback for profit.

While other transportation modes were losing market share last year during the freight recession, domestic intermodal was growing. Now that most of the indicators in the U.S.

The economic recovery increasingly is showing up on highways, on loading docks, in trailers and on the bottom lines of two of the largest truckload carriers, giving credence to claims the freight econ

State agencies, freight railroads, transit operators and intermodal project planners could tap an expanded rail loan program or visit a new one-stop financial aid shop if Department of Transportation