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Rhode Island is still drying out from late-March floods that swamped the state and shut down a part of Interstate 95 between New York and Boston, but the Department of Transportation is already sendin

The Department of Justice lodged a proposed consent decree to resolve a federal claim against Union Pacific Railroad for environmental costs, stemming from a 2004 train crash in Texas that released a

The Department of Transportation’s payments to states for work done under economic stimulus projects reached $10.264 billion by March 26, up $286 million from a week earlier.

Averitt Express is the latest less-than-truckload carrier to tigthen transit times in thousands of lanes.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is delaying its CSA 2010 safety program to give trucking companies more time to prepare.

Concern is building that coming climate change legislation in the Senate could propose a tax on motor fuels that would divert some future fees from the Highway Trust Fund.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide says its daily shipment volume improved month-to-month in the first quarter, but business levels remained depressed from a year ago.

Intermodal loadings by the major North American railroads slowed last week to the weakest levels since snowstorms rocked the freight system in early to mid-February.

Nearly half of the truckload carriers polled in a recent survey said they were not prepared for new federal driver safety rules.

Canadian Pacific Railway appointed Edmond L. Harris as executive vice president and chief operations officer, a role in which he earlier served rival Canadian National Railway.

Rail and marine equipment builder Greenbrier says demand recently began to rise for new railcars and barges, along with more used railcars coming into its shops for repairs.

The Maritime Administration’s final rule establishing its Marine Highway program broadens the concept from earlier proposals, in ways that could add more port facilities and types of cargo that

The Obama administration rejected Pennsylvania’s latest attempt to use tolls on Interstate 80 to raise revenue, prompting criticism from Gov. Ed Rendell.

U.S. railroads will be able to tap into a new $50 million government grant program to help install expensive collision avoidance and locomotive control systems.

Railcar and barge manufacturer Greenbrier lost $4.8 million in its fiscal second quarter that ended Feb.

Backers are calling it their “cold train,” a four-day-a-week run of refrigerated intermodal cargoes from the Port of Quincy, Wash., to Chicago that starts moving this week.

Less-than-truckload carrier Estes is changing its freight routing network to speed shipments moving between its Midwestern terminals and other U.S. markets.

CSX Transportation and the United Transportation Union reached a tentative labor deal covering UTU train conductors and yard workers on CSX southern lines.

UPS is deploying 200 hybrid diesel-electric delivery trucks in eight cities across the United States, increasing the size of its hybrid electric fleet by 400 percent.

Truckload carrier Western Express plans to raise $275 million by selling eight-year securities and use the funds to pay down debt and to buy new trucks.

The Perry County Port Authority, which operates an Ohio River cargo facility at Tell City, Ind., has contracted with a RailAmerica short line to run a port-owned track operation.

The North American short line railroads that report traffic through RMI’s RailConnect index saw volume slide in the week ending March 27 to the lowest in a month although most cargo loadings rem

The 83-year-old Peace Bridge, for more than 20 years a ground of local conflict, should receive by this summer the final go-ahead to reinvent itself with a twin span between Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Er

The average price of diesel fuel jumped 7.6 cents last week to $3.015 per gallon, pushing beyond the $3 threshold for the first time in 17 months, according to figures released Monday by the U.S.

BNSF Railway and Canadian National Railway signed new track sales accords with large commuter rail operations, in which they sold line and property for over $100 million each but retained some freight

Germany signed a memorandum of understanding promising to support the United Arab Emirates in setting up a high-capacity rail infrastructure.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expected to release a date for the introduction of significant new truck and driver safety rules “in the coming weeks.”

The marine highways concept has a number of selling points.

Support for broad-based pension reform is growing in Washington as businesses and labor unions seek a federal fix for troubled union and corporate retirement plans.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to unsnarl a tangle that leaves carriers and cargo owners questioning who should be liable for damages on cargoes shipped from a foreign port.

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If you’ve ever received a package from UPS, you’re all too familiar with those tiny handheld devices the drivers wield to scan bar codes and get your signature.

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., unveiled legislation on March 22 that would reform multi-employer pension plans.

Container terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach have taken their lumps over the years because of congestion problems, but they have also been innovators in reducing gate delays through the Pier

When it comes to realigning U.S.

What a difference a year makes.

The Obama administration is forming a national freight transportation policy that can be boiled down to one concept: Get more trucks off the roads.

Specialized truckload carrier Prime raised its minimum pay for owner-operators last month to 95 cents a mile, as growing freight traffic sparks higher demand for drivers.

The select group of trucking companies with more than a billion dollars in annual revenue shrank last year, as four companies fell below the revenue threshold.

Real estate developer CenterPoint Properties signed a build-to-suit lease with a chemical manufacturer attracted by rail service provided by Union Pacific.