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Weak imports and exports moving through Southern California are putting a strain on one of the most successful freight efficiency and congestion mitigation programs ever created for intermodal trucks.

YRC Worldwide sold to and leased back from Estes Express Lines a package of LTL terminals for $122 million in a deal that will provide a much needed boost to YRC's cash reserves.

Wal-Mart is revamping the hiring practices in its logistics division as part of a $17 million settlement of a racial discrimination class-action lawsuit.

The retail price of diesel fell 5.6 cents last week to a national average of $2.13 per gallon, accor

Across North America, railcar and intermodal container builders are slashing costs to guard their cash until orders begin to strengthen again.

P.A.M. Transportation Services faced a drop in the value of its stock in the fourth quarter by writing down goodwill.

The CEO of one of the largest U.S. transportation companies opposes replacing the gas tax with a vehicle mileage tax, claiming it would be unfair to many motorists.

Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation resumed their train movements through New Orleans, which had been disrupted for weeks after a CSX bridge fire earlier this month.

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Old Dominion Freight Line relocated and expanded its Cookeville, Tenn., LTL terminal in an effort to gain market share.

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Marine terminals in Los Angeles-Long Beach on Thursday continued to turn away trucks that did not me

A shipper-backed proposal to increase truck productivity by lifting federal weight restrictions was opposed by railroad interests at a recent National Association of Manufacturers meeting in Washingto

Railcar orders plummeted in the fourth quarter, cutting profit 43 percent for Trinity Industries at the end of a year with record revenue and a respectable full year net income.

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Wednesday ushered in a new era of harbor trucking as they began to collect clean-truck fees from importers and exporters.

U.S. rail traffic was much lighter than last year in the week ending Feb. 14 with steep declines in major commodities as well as intermodal units.

BNSF Railway sharply criticized the Surface Transportation Board's decision to hit it with $345 million in forced rate cuts and reparation payments, over freight rates it has been charging to deliver

In a major decision with far-reaching implications, the Surface Transportation Board ordered BNSF Railway to pay an estimated $345 million in reparations and rate cuts to coal-burning utilities - its

YRC Worldwide's bankers gave the carrier some financial breathing room with a modified credit agreem

WASHINGTON -- Barring any further steps by the Federal Maritime Commission, the ports of Los Angeles

Construction of an intermodal on-dock rail terminal at the Port of Jacksonville has been delayed by

Both Trinity Industries and Greenbrier Companies, the two largest builders of freight railcars in No

Fatality rates in accidents involving trucks declined 5.8 percent in 2007 in part as a result of new

Major freight railroads are looking at the new economic stimulus bill as a way to fund track and bri

Rail-hauled intermodal shipments of containers and trailers lost market share to all-highway truckin

Railcar building FreightCar America earned $8.3 million in the final 2008 quarter, up from a $16.7 m

Union Pacific Corp. will likely raise freight rates 5-6 percent this year from 2008 even as the nati

The national average price for diesel last week dropped 3.3 cents to $2.186 per gallon, according to

Trucking and logistics company National Retail Systems will be plying the ports of Los Angeles and L

Lower volume in the intermodal segment would have reduced Pacer's profit in the fourth quarter anywa

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The downward spiral of job cuts continued among the count

The Surface Transportation Board could soon see its top lineup change in a political environment tha

As Southern California gets ready to charge $70 per container for trucks entering its ports to defra

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Old Dominion Freight Line is increasing base rates an ave

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Preliminary data from transportation forecasting firm FTR

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.UPS Freight is speeding delivery times on 2,250 lanes in

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The view from America's loading docks, warehouse gates and rail yards is bleak, but some light is tr

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Warren Buffett now controls more than 22.6 percent of BNS