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Kansas City Southern is positioning its Mexican network as an alternative export route for plastic resins.

“He isn’t focused on intermodal.”

Future partners focus on better utilizing assets as excess capacity keeps pressure on truckload rates.

Higher industrial output helped increase the frequency and weight of LTL shipments in the first quarter at Old Dominion Freight Line.

Higher freight demand fails to absorb excess truckload capacity, pushing down rates and tightening margins for largest US freight broker.

Geographically, the region is easily accessible to the US East and West coasts and offers interline connectivity for eastern and western railways while bypassing infamous Chicago congestion.

The new law is modeled on the International Maritime Organization’s Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) amendment, which took effect on July 1, 2016.

More shippers are putting freight lanes up for bid, Covenant Transportation Group executives say.

Kansas City Southern de Mexico is rejecting a Mexican government report alleging that there is little competition between the railroad and two others.

UPS's Mark Modesti believes smaller shippers increasingly are drawing near an "inflection" point when it comes to adding technology and changing processes to control inventory. They need to get past that point to survive and grow.

The bill passed the Senate on a 26-to-5 vote, and has cleared the House Transportation Committee.

Indore is one of four rail-linked inland locations Allcargo operates in the country.

Spot market truckload rates are rising on higher demand, but contract rate hikes are being slowed by market uncertainty and excess capacity.

Werner Enterprises and Heartland Express follow J.B. Hunt in reporting a rise in freight demand as the second quarter gets under way.

If it gets regulatory approval, a futures market for truck freight rates, based on DAT data, could help shippers mitigate pricing risks as the market gets more volatile.

The digital innovation “will give rise to a new generation of freight trains.”

Facing tougher customer demands and more supply chain complexity, shippers increasingly want and need to collaborate with transportation partners. It doesn't happen overnight.

J.B. Hunt’s less optimistic outlook could be an early indicator of what to expect from Class I railroads and trucking companies’ first-quarter earnings to be released over the next several weeks.

XPO Logistics won victories over the Teamsters in elections at two facilities, but the union won a vote in New Jersey.

Shippers and logistics operators at recent conferences didn't expect a massive capacity crunch to follow the rollout of an electronic logging mandate this year, but truckers warned there will be an impact.

Modest, sustained, and earlier-than-usual rate increases this spring in the spot market should be a canary in the coal mine for shippers with longer term contracts.

Knowledge is power in contract talks, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference say.

Knight-Swift merger, Schneider public offering, seen triggering more truckload acquisitions, consolidation, and soon.

China-Europe containerized rail has evolved from a niche option with infrequent service and a small network to one attracting suppliers and second-tier companies with more and faster services to a wider array of destinations.

Forward Air has expanded its US Midwest-focused drayage footprint to the Southeast.

The fire at MRS Logistica’s Station of Light caused severe damage to several buildings and disrupted services to the busiest container port in Brazil.

The $6 billion deal announced Monday will establish Knight-Swift Transportation as the largest truckload operator in the United States.

Shippers, it is clear, want greater visibility into their supply chains.

Logistics providers will need to "roll up their sleeves" as Uber Freight rolls into brokerage, speakers tell TIA conference.

City officials move forward with a concession agreement that port businesses oppose.

The technology choices facing US trucking firms and shippers that must comply with the upcoming electronic logging mandate are multiplying.

Converting cargo from road to rail, aimed at easing chronic congestion at Chennai Port, continues to be a struggle.

New service aims to smooth cross-border hurdles for shippers and provide greater supply chain visibility.

Alliance between US and Canadian trucking operators comes as both parties expand.

The lower level of increase makes it less likely that shippers will move volumes to Russian rail operators.

Auto demand may be 'leveling off,' but Teamsters win wage increases in five-year carhauler deal.

A Mexican government report alleging a lack of competition among the country’s top three rail operators may be the first test of a new railroad regulatory agency created last year.

The largest US trucking companies now are owned by large logistics operators looking to provide end-to-end services for shippers.

Regional shippers can pay considerably less than having their goods trucked to the rail hub of Chicago.

The acquisition, announced Tuesday, must still pass muster with regulators in the United States and Mexico.