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President Obama remains opposed to raising federal fuel taxes while the economy is trying to recover despite calls in Congress to increase those fees to fund new legislation, said Deputy Transportatio

The Supreme Court may have to decide whether or not ocean carriers will be considered “railroads” for cargo liability purposes after oral arguments on Wednesday morning.

The Department of Transportation’s second-highest official told senators that DOT’s preference for freight shipping is keep goods on waterways and rail as much as possible, getting them aw

YRC is simplifying pricing for expedited less-than-truckload freight as it tries to entice new customers and win back freight transferred to other LTL carriers.

A coalition of employers, labor unions and lawmakers is pressing Congress for “temporary pension funding relief” that would allow companies to extend the deadline for fully funding their d

Speaking at a trucking company in his home state, Sen.

Turnaround specialist Atlantic Street Capital sold its same-day delivery business, Fleetgistics, to Harbour Group, a St. Louis-based holding company.

Employment grew slightly in February among the seven largest U.S. railroads, for the first time since last July and only the second time since October 2008.

Amtrak is asking Congress to approve another $446 million this year for the nation’s passenger rail system to order new locomotives and rail cars, on top of a $2.1 billion budget it previously o

The Department of Justice’s antitrust division made a second formal request for information and materials in the planned acquisition by rail supplier L.B. Foster of Portec Rail Products.

Bankrupt flatbed carrier Arrow Trucking owes creditors nearly $100 million and has assets of only $8.5 million, documents filed in U.S. bankruptcy court in Oklahoma show.

Logistics provider Geodis said it is in talks to acquire the northern and southern European divisions of Giraud, the European road transport company, and hopes to win regulatory approval for the deal

The national average price of diesel fuel in the United States climbed for the fifth consecutive week to its highest level in 17 months, increasing 2.2 cents last week to $2.946 a gallon, the U.S.

Heavy truck maker Navistar International saw its profit plunge 64.6 percent to $17 million in its most recent quarter, as sales dropped 5.4 percent to $2.8 billion.

Unionized locomotive engineers at Canadian National Railway will get an initial wage hike of 1.8 percent under a federal arbitrator's ruling setting wages and other terms for a three-year labor c

C. Bean Transport, a flatbed and truckload carrier, closed its trucking operations last week and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Executives from major North American railroads are clearly feeling better these days about traffic and pricing trends.

New York-New Jersey port officials say persuading diverse labor, environmentalist and employer groups to unite behind a clean-trucks program was like herding cats.

Congress appears on track to renew a tax break for rail repairs by short-line railroads, but first must sort through issues of “black liquor” and “carried interest.”

The food industry teaches logistics executives unique business lessons. For instance, you shouldn’t let cows’ udders drag in the snow.

An increase in trucking company advertising underscores how quickly demand for truck drivers is growing, says a transportation advertising executive.

The Teamsters union is considering whether what was good for YRC Worldwide would be good for one of that trucking company’s largest competitors, ABF Freight System.

CRST Malone is doubling the referral bonus it pays drivers who bring other drivers to the flatbed carrier.

The largest U.S. railroads pushed their volume up another notch in the week ending March 13, as steady factory activity combined with demand for construction materials.

The Association of American Railroads quickly pushed back Thursday against the Chlorine Institute after the chemical shippers’ group urged regulators to fix a “faulty” study over the

The stimulus law is currently supporting 10,000 active transportation construction projects, and will further ramp up this spring, said Vice President Joseph Biden.

FedEx Freight’s losses nearly doubled in the quarter ending Feb. 28, despite a surge in revenue and shipments in the three-month period.

Recovery is spreading solidly among North America’s regional and short line railroads, as the latest RMI RailConnect index shows week-to-week traffic mildly higher for the second week of March b

Heavy truck sales rose sharply in February, with net orders climbing 20 percent both from January 2010 and February 2009, ACT Research said today.

YRC Worldwide’s regional group of carriers reduced its losses 14.2 percent to $126.7 million in 2009 but saw its operating ratio rise 2.1 percentage points as revenue dropped.

As the Teamsters mull concession talks with ABF Freight System, YRC Worldwide is still trying to get some members to accept concessions approved last year.

YRC Worldwide's truckload and expedited subsidiary, YRC Glen Moore, narrowed its losses by 25 percent in 2009, reporting an operating loss of $8.7 million.

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YRC Worldwide had a net loss of $622 million last year on $5.3 billion in revenue, the company said yesterday in its 10-K annual report.

Severe winter storms froze the economic recovery in February, driving the Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index down 0.7 percent.

YRC Worldwide is reporting a 10 percent increase in shipments this month over February, with total shipments per day rising at its regional and national carriers.

The Chlorine Institute, fearing freight railroads could pass along potentially large costs for new crash-avoidance technology to shippers, is asking the Federal Railroad Administration to fix what it

The owners of one in four truckload carriers say they may sell their company and leave the industry over the next 18 months, according to a survey by Transport Capital Partners.

The number of trucks repossessed by creditors or reclaimed by them in liquidations dropped 55 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2009, says Nassau Asset Management.

The upward trend in diesel prices moved into its fourth consecutive week but weakened its impact in the week ending March 15, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.