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Swift Transportation is the latest carrier to look to its bankers for help in tough times, and get it.

People who operate airplanes, locomotives, trucks and buses would still be in violation of Department of Transportation rules against drug use if they use marijuana, despite a reported shift by federa

With an eye on the coming recovery, Old Dominion Freight Line pumped $50.2 million into infrastructure investments even as the less-than-truckload multi-regional motor carrier’s revenue fell 22

Rates charged by less-than-truckload motor carriers should remain low through the holiday season and into the first quarter of 2010, investment firm Stifel Nicolaus says.

Union Pacific Railroad generated a profit of $517 million in the third quarter, down 26 percent from a year earlier as revenue fell 25 percent to $3.47 billion.

Major infrastructure development is at a standstill in Southern California and other regions because planners are not leveraging the economic, environmental and community benefits of an efficient good

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation increased its volume in the third quarter, but revenue and income fell as pricing deteriorated.

Intermodal marketing company Hub Group reported a $9.8 million profit in the third quarter, down 42 percent from a year earlier as revenue of $389 million fell 24 percent.

Jobs at major U.S. railroads got scarcer from mid-August to mid-September than at any other point in the recession so far.

Canadian National Railway is ordering 70 new high-horsepower locomotives, splitting them evenly between suppliers GE Transportation and Electro-Motive Diesel.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a case that should clarify what laws apply when international shipments are damaged in transit within the United States.

Refrigerated trucking operator Marten Transport earned 43 percent less in the third quarter compared with a year ago as the truckload market became unusually harsh due to lower volume, excess capacity

ABF Freight suffered an operating loss of $14 million in the third quarter, which was an improvement on the loss of $25 million in the second quarter.

Canadian National Railway’s net income slid 16.5 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier to $439 million, on an 18 percent drop in revenue to $1.758 billion.

Through cost cutting and a pair of key acquisitions, non-asset based third party logistics company C.H.

A driver pre-employment screening program offered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration fulfills a long-sought goal of the American Trucking Associations.

Dramatically lower freight rates bit deeply into revenue and profit for trucking and intermodal giant J. B. Hunt Transport Services.

The Federal Railroad Administration issued a “preliminary national rail plan” as required under a 2008 law to give some structure to developing passenger train service alongside the freigh

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises earned a profit of $18.99 million on revenue of $429.3 million in the third quarter.

Overcapacity and depressed truckload rates put a dent in revenue and profit at Heartland Express during the third quarter, but the company continued an extensive overhaul of its tractor fleet as it po

The retail price of diesel jumped an average of 10.5 cents to $2.705 per gallon last week, in the largest increase since a 14.6-cent surge in the week ending June 8, according to the U.S.

The Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations settled a trucking industry lawsuit against the concession requirement in the port’s clean-truck program, the port announced Monday,

Canadian National Railway said its trains blocked roadway crossings eight times during September when trains stopped for 10 minutes or more along the suburban Chicago rail line it recently acquired.

Heavy truck sales in North America increased for the fourth straight month in September, reaching 10,817 units, largely driven by new emissions standards, according to FTR Associates.

Hallmark Cards once used the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports for virtually all its imports into the United States.

The world’s largest truck manufacturer is guardedly optimistic that sales in North America and Europe have hit bottom and will improve this year as the economy picks up and demand for trucking service

One of the last areas of the freight sector to recover from severe recession may be the rail equipment market. With an estimated 500,000 railcars or more parked across the U.S.

For the second time, YRC Worldwide employees in Teamsters Local 710 in Chicago rejected wage and benefit cuts proposed by the company and union, a dissident labor group reports.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on Thursday placed National President Edward Rodzwicz on a leave of absence pending outcome of the charges levied against him by the U.S.

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Thursday agreed to extend its contract with the Gephardt Group lobbying firm to promote legislation in Washington that is favorable to the port's clean-truck program.

North America’s small railroads – regional carriers and low-mileage short lines – pushed their volume to 92,646 new loads in the week ending Oct.

New intermodal loadings spiked at major U.S. railroads last week to their peak level so far this year, but carloads of bulk materials and heavy machinery or equipment slumped.

Membership is growing in a worldwide organization dedicated to stopping cargo crime.

Edward W. Rodzwicz, national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, faces a federal charge of bribery.

Freight transportation was on the upswing through the summer, as indicated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s closely watched Transportation Services Index.

Landstar System suffered a 38.7 percent decline in net profit in the third quarter, to $20.1 million, on a sharp drop in shipping demand across its trucking and brokerage businesses, the truckload ope

Weber Distribution is expanding a consolidation program that worked for a segment of its market to a broader base of customers.

A well-known rail and intermodal analyst, Ed Wolfe of Wolfe Research, is projecting that Pacer International could end up renegotiating its cut-rate contract with Union Pacific Railroad by getting out

The Evans Network of Companies acquired the container drayage, domestic truckload and brokerage assets of two southeastern U.S.

Short line operator RailAmerica may be looking for acquisitions now that it has completed an initial public offering of stock, said Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.