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AMERICAN PRESIDENT BEGINS STOCK OFFERINGOAKLAND, Calif. - American President Companies Ltd.

Every week, executives at Itel Corp. monitor the stock prices of companies they're interested in acq

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a two-year fleet test of heavy truck

Heavy truck sales came roaring out of the pits in September after a one-month pause to repair defect

Burlington Northern Inc. reported third quarter 1988 net income of $120 million, or $1.60 a share, o

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported income of $9.9 million, or 42 cents a share, on revenue o

For the week ended Oct. 1, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 12

MARK IV INDUSTRIES ACQUIRES ARMTEK CORP.NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Mark IV Industries has completed

In the wake of its $1.8 billion acquisition of Southern Pacific Transportation Co. last week, Rio Gr

Fallout from deregulation continues to be a critical factor in the evolution of the rail and truck i

American President Cos. said it will begin installing electronic tracking tags on some of its contai

The Delaware Otsego Corp. announced plans for a $21 million land swap with the CSX Corp. and several

YOU HAVE TO HAND it to the folks who work for Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. A few days befo

BURNLEY OPPOSES COMMERCIAL ZONE BILLCongressional attempts to pass a law ending commercial-z

About a year and a half ago, Waldorf Corp. was asked by 3M Co. to switch products made for 3M to a J

Long-haul motor carriers face an aggressive new attitude from railroads and their support services i

Sharp tonnage gains and firming freight rates helped a group of large regional trucking companies po

The Interstate Commerce Commission said it will require about 1,700 mid-sized trucking companies to

RIO GRANDE INDUSTRIES FINISHING UP PURCHASEOfficials of Rio Grande Industries Inc. Wednesday

Picketing at Baltimore's new container rail terminal has stopped, at least for the moment. A

NYS&W AGREES TO SELL NJ FACILITY TO CSLICOOPERSTOWN, NY - The New York, Susquehanna and West

The United Transportation Union has begun its threatened representation fight with the Brotherhood o

The first commercial-grade highway in China has opened, a small but significant step in combatting t

Heavy truck sales snapped back in September following one of the worst safety recalls in recent hist

A leading proponent of transportation deregulation in Canada is leaving his position as head of the

Shippers must rethink their priorities if truckers are to have any hope of overcoming a truck driver

When Consolidated Freightways discovered a rare 1947 Freightliner truck still in operation it put so

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - James W. Wresche was named vice president, operat

NEW YORK CITY SYSTEM WINS TRANSIT AWARDSNEW YORK - New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority

For the week ended Sept. 24, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

After a year of operations, Japan's eight companies that evolved following the privatization of the

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS HUMMING THESE DAYS, as its newest commissioner, Karen D. Phill

Some general freight trucking companies are considering a possible price hike to take effect in Janu

Senate transportation leaders will try this week to save a truck safety bill by modifying two contro

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - Francis J. Coyne, vice president, human resources

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded a $13.5 million contract for the sub-surfa

Employees at ABF Freight System Inc. rejected a profit-sharing and wage reduction plan proposed by t

GRAIN SHIPPERS aren't concerned over possible tow restrictions on the Mississippi River, as the U.S.

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., followed up an earlier promise and Thursday fired the first sh

Government at all levels must increase current annual highway spending 20 percent to maintain presen