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A year ago the Port of Tacoma forecast its traffic would double by 2009. Today, says Jeannie Beckett

Swift Transportation awarded its new CEO a stock option grant and performance-based incentive bonus

U.S. Xpress says 2005 closed with a rush for the truckload carrier, with freight demand strong and p

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association announced publication of its 2005 Standard Point Loca

Gator Leasing chose information technology firm Neoris to develop an integrated satellite and cellul

Ryder elected L. Patrick Hassey to its board of directors this month. Hassey is chairman, pr

Marten Transport named James J. Hinnendael as its new chief financial officer, succeeding Darrell Ru

Months after acquiring a midwestern LTL carrier, Canadian company Vitran is extending its reach into

The Pennsylvania Turnpike will begin a new tolling method at its western border starting January 2.&

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises is the new dedicated transportation provider for the distributi

Three weeks before the end of the year, intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads broke the record set la

Anybody want to be a truck driver? That's a simple but loaded question as the trucking

Two executives are exchanging duties next month at interline rail data provider Railinc. The cross-d

Utah will deploy PrePass at all major weigh stations during the first quarter of 2006 and becomes th

Anybody want to be a truck driver? That's a simple but loaded question as the trucking industry moto

Railroads may have a tough time getting the volume and the price increases in 2006 that they saw in

Rising more than twice as fast as the week before, diesel prices across the country climbed an avera

Union Pacific Railroad unveiled on Dec. 16 its new $8.5 million state-of-the-art track inspection ve

The National Carriers' Conference Committee on Dec. 16 asked the National Mediation Board to release

Surface freight operators are getting credit for an "exceptional" year in 2005, and credit rating ag

Rail traffic fell 3.9 percent overall in week 49. Transport of motor vehicles was down 15.8 percent

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober, who informed the White House in October he will n

The trucking industry spent $87.7 billion on fuel in 2005, a whopping 33 percent beyond the 2004 die

The board of the Intermodal Association of North America elected Hamburg Sud North America executive

A U.S. district court ordered the Bush administration to search the Department of Transportation, th

Tennessee-based regional LTL carrier Averitt Express recently reduced transit times on shipments mov

The fatal accident rate for large trucks fell to its lowest point in 30 years in 2004, the American

UPS Capital is offering a new program with GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services that provides fleet

FedEx Custom Critical last week opened an Express Center in Denver and appointed a regional sales ma

Gasoline prices, after leveling off for the last four weeks, started to rise this week, according to

Heartland Express raised driver pay well above the average last week in an effort to overcome the in

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company last week presented Overnite Transportation, a UPS Company, with two

The stars at last may be coming into alignment for chassis pools. After years of talk, 2006 could be

Between railcars loaded with chlorine coming through their cities and a lawsuit moving on a separate

The nation's largest carhauler, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, signed a new contr

Diesel prices rose slightly last week to an average of $2.436 nationwide, ending a steep six-week de

Rail shippers looking for capacity relief from a bulked up Panama Canal should look again.

After the holiday shopping season, retailers will eagerly count their receipts and determine whether

This month, ocean carriers using intermodal rail from West Coast ports began pooling their intermoda

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