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For the first time, the short line industry won endorsements from a majority of members in both houses of Congress for legislation to extend a track repairs tax credit.

OTTAWA --- Canadian National Railway and the Teamsters union representing 1,700 striking Canadian locomotive engineers reached a contract agreement today just as Parliament was preparing to force them

A Wall Street transportation analyst said market conditions are throwing serious doubt on whether YRC Worldwide’s proposed debt-for-equity exchange can win a vote by bondholders Dec.

Groupe Eurotunnel, the operator of the Channel tunnel between the UK and France, has acquired the French operations of Veolia Cargo, the biggest private rail cargo company in Europe's second largest r

Although ships are keeping their schedules at the Port of Halifax, N.S., the strike by locomotive engineers against Canadian National Railway is affecting railcar supply and some marine operations.

The Port of Prince Rupert on British Columbia’s remote northern coast, although tied to the U.S.

The Canadian Industrial Transportation Association warned that the strike by train engineers against Canadian National Railway could derail the economy, and urged members of Parliament to unite around

Two of the biggest names in trucking software were combined today as TMW Systems acquired Innovative Computing for an undisclosed price.

Surface trade between the United States and its partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement completed a cycle in September of 12 consecutive months of steep declines. U.S.

Canadian National Railway is asking customers to help it line up their freight for easier train pickup by taking steps to curb railcar switching by CN while its locomotive engineers are on strike.

The Southern California clean-truck program by Jan. 1 will have reduced diesel pollution in the harbor by 80 percent, a full two years ahead of schedule.

Port operations at Halifax, N.S., are feeling the impact of a locomotive engineers strike against Canadian National Railway.

Shippers in Canada are diverting some cargo away from Vancouver to U.S ports, as ripple effects spread from the strike by locomotive engineers against Canadian National Railway.

The Teamsters union launched a campaign to organize 1,500 workers at the Challenger Group, one of Canada's largest privately owned trucking companies.

Canada’s top West Coast port is warning the government and industry that the new strike by locomotive engineers against Canadian National Railway could leave lasting damage.

Canadian Pacific teamed up with the Canadian government’s Natural Resources ministry to test the use of biodiesel fuel, in what CP says will be “the first time biodiesel will be used in Ca

David A. Brown will become the chief operating officer at eastern-U.S. railroad CSX Transportation when Tony Ingram retires from that post Dec. 31.

Diesel fell 1.2 cents to $2.775 per gallon last week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Freight volume is increasing faster than anticipated at truckload giant Landstar System, which told analysts today it expects positive year-over-year load count growth in the fourth quarter.

With North American demand for rail equipment still weak, locomotive builder GE Transportation is expanding operations in China while partnering with China’s Ministry of Railways to target U.S.

Warren Buffett isn’t the only investor interested in transportation companies.

Warren Buffett’s buyout of BNSF Railway may be running smoothly toward completion early next year, but it is sending ripples down the tracks to rail lines and shippers.

Approaching cargo interests at the National Industrial Transportation League’s annual convention in Anaheim, Calif., this month, Ronald D. Widdows spoke with a bit of a swagger.

Hoping to shift more freight off its road and onto rail, India is building a network of rail-based logistics hubs for its growing automotive industry.

It has taken all of this year, but if lawmakers get railroads and their customers to accept a legislative deal that Senate staff has been patching together for months, a major rail reform bill could m

The fog of war is descending on the battle over port trucking.

Canada’s labor minister plans to offer legislation to force an end to the two-day-old strike against Canadian National Railway by locomotive engineers.

Locomotive engineers in Canada launched a strike against Canadian National Railway early Nov.

Watco, a private short line holding company, began operating its 36-mile Boise Valley Railroad this week in Idaho as the latest of 22 Watco railroads.

Canadian National Railway could face a strike by locomotive engineers for its Canadian operations as early as Nov.

Members of two Senate committees are still working on details of how much to curb a limited antitrust immunity freight railroads now enjoy.

Railroads just got something extra to appreciate in the week before the two-day Thanksgiving holiday period, with the week ending Nov.

Montana-based Jim Palmer Trucking is coming out of bankruptcy protection under new owners and an apparent new plan for expansion.

Union Pacific Railroad began running double-stacked container trains over the Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountain range after a 12-month construction project to carve out bigger tunnel clearance

BNSF Railway implemented a “permit embargo” to control movement of export grain shipments to backed-up seaports in the Pacific Northwest, after heavy rains slowed ship loadings.

Same-day and next-day delivery specialist Eastern Connection is expanding in its home state of Massachusetts, opening a facility in Norwood, outside Boston.

Locomotive engineers for Canadian National Railway are getting a small raise and work-rule change they did not bargain for, after talks between the two collapsed.

YRC Worldwide sold the dedicated contract carriage piece of its logistics business to Greatwide Logistics Services yesterday for $34 million.

Paul T. Sorrow became national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen in the wake of bribery charges last month against then-President Edward W. Rodzwicz.

The average retail price for diesel slipped three-tenths of a cent to $2.787 per gallon last week, the third consecutive week of slim declines, according to the U.S.