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Teamsters union approval of wage concessions at YRC Worldwide triggered an upgrade of the company's

A trucking industry Web portal launched a feature that helps measure the profitability of truck lane

Union Pacific will furlough approximately 230 people in North Platte, Neb. Workers got word

Rapidly shrinking freight demand pushed railcar manufacturer Greenbrier into a loss of $3.3 million

A sharp downturn in the final week, month and quarter brought an end to the worst year for U.S. rail

Major coal producer Peabody Energy is cutting its production targets for coal both in the United Sta

LTL regional operator A. Duie Pyle is expanding into the Caribbean to meet customer demand for bundl

YRC Worldwide will likely receive overwhelming approval for its wage concession proposal from rank a

Standard & Poor's upgraded its CreditWatch review of YRC Worldwide from "negative" to "developin

The compensation committee of the YRC Worldwide board on Dec. 30 amended the severance agreements fo

Effective Jan. 1, Donald C. Orris stepped down from his role as interim president, intermodal segmen

Two big rail freight shippers, aluminum maker Alcoa and Dow Chemical, unveiled new cuts or said they

Navistar lost $343 million in its fourth fiscal quarter, ending Oct. 31. The truck and diese

The Maryland Transportation Authority proposed a 50-percent increase in truck tolls on the state's s

The Trans-Texas Corridor, a massive highway, rail and pipeline project, is road kill.The con

December was the weakest month in more than six years for new orders of heavy duty trucks used to ca

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.UPS reduced transit times to and from central Illinois in

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The worst thing about the negative rail freight numbers b

Supply chain technology firm CaseStack named industry veteran Frank R. Kline to its board of directo

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.While his competitors trim budgets, lay off employees and

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The economy is starting to hit railroads and intermodal m

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems expanded its range of truck safety products, acquiring Eaton's onb

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Oak Harbor Freight Lines started 2009 with a three-month

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is back before

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Even as rail freight traffic is shrinking at ever-increas

Conceding that its current system for computing railroad costs may be obscuring how much carriers ac

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Central Freight Lines is closing its St. Louis terminal a

The long slide in diesel prices slowed in the first week of the year as the West Coast showed a two-

CSX, best known for running one of the two largest freight railroads in the eastern United Sta

Navistar expects production of Class 8 trucks to increase in 2009, following the lowest volume in 30

Kansas City Southern filed an application Dec. 30 at the State Department for a presidential permit

Canadian trucking and logistics operator Vitran Corporation amended its bank syndication agreement.

Kent P. Shoemaker, 74, died on Dec. 21 of Parkinson's disease at the Breck Homes, Bloomington, Minn.

Greg Stefflre, the CEO of intermodal trucking firm Rail Delivery Services, was elected 2009 chairman

Port Metro Vancouver, Canada's busiest ocean gateway, today faced a second strike threat to its cont

Train robbers attacked a freight train operated by Kansas City Southern in Mexico. According

The average price for a gallon of diesel fuel fell 3.9 cents across the country to $2.327, according

The Teamsters will extend to Jan. 6 voting on the modifications YRCW requested in its contract.

YRC Worldwide is renegotiating its credit facilities and canceling its tender offer as it scrambles

The bottom fell out of U.S. rail freight volume in the week ending Dec. 20. Lack of a Christmas peak