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With freight demand down and declining, Class I railroad executives now say they don’t expect to see a rebound in intermodal volume until the second half of 2017.

DP World, which has a clutch of container terminals in India, is expanding its inland services in the emerging Asian economy.

The US Department of Transportation laid down guidelines this week for manufacturers of automated vehicles that provide a clearer path forward for autonomous trucks.

TNT's European road network, and its ability to handle profitable palletized freight, will be important to FedEx as it integrates global express operations.

FedEx raised revenue, profit in its first quarter as owner of TNT Express, despite integration costs following acquisition.

Seasonal adjustments may account, in part, for an unusually strong gain in truck tonnage in "difficult-to-read" August.

EZE Truck Holdings, which has grown through mergers and acquisitions since 2009, is combining with Farran International.

Beneficial cargo owners are steadily increasing volumes on landbridge services as they become more sophisticate.

Truckload linehaul costs and intermodal pricing both drop year-over-year, leading Avondale Partners to lower its truckload rate forecast.

"Augmented reality" technology that blends the actual and the virtual is finding real-world uses beyond gaming, and the supply chain could benefit.

Truck drivers and warehouse workers at two XPO facilities are the latest to call for a union representation vote in a Teamster campaign that includes ports, warehouses, and truck terminals.

Shipments on the truckload spot market increased year-over-year for the first time since December 2014 in August.

A Transplace survey of 2,000 carriers shows smaller fleets lagging their larger counterparts when it comes to adopting electronic logging, though about half the companies queried already had ELDs in place.

Automation on the highways and in warehouses will radically change how products are produced, moved, and stored over the next decade, CBRE says.

Many of the largest less-than-truckload carriers are seeking increases in non-contract rates despite the weak freight market.

DB Cargo's second contract to move cargo between Germany and China rail this month underscores the rising popularity of this niche market competing against the dominant Asia-Europe sea route.

A $10.5 million infusion will help LTL-focused tech startup expand services and grow internationally.

The new Inland Port Dillon will build on the momentum of South Carolina's first inland operation in Greer.

Acquiring California-based Gardner Trucking will add more than $400 million to CRST's annual revenue while adding new services and markets.

Pending US trucking regulations may play a significant role in market share of trucking and intermodal industries.

Largest US truckload carrier sees increase in demand from contract customers, but rates still down 1 to 1.5 percent.

Jerry Moyes, who built Swift Transportation into the largest US truckload carrier, will retire at the end of the year, the company said Thursday.

The vice president of international logistics at retailer Target, Joshua Dolan, will lead a coalition dedicated to increasing supply chain efficiency.

Five prominent industry executives address the soft international and domestic intermodal market, the impact of ocean alliances and consolidation, and what the industry needs to do to improve supply chain efficiency.

Acquisition of LDS gives ArcBest subsidiary ABF Logistics a route into fast-growing dedicated market.

Old Dominion Freight Line experienced shipments and tonnage decline year-over-year in August. A contraction in US manufacturing output may be partly to blame.

Digital vulnerability and rapid technological advancement rank among the top concerns for transportation industry executives.

BNSF Railway plans to launch a new, faster intermodal service that promises to reduce transit times between the Pacific Northwest and Texas.

Import warehouses are next in line as a wave of disruption caused by the sudden shutdown of Hanjin Shipping heads inland. Expect warehouses to be "inundated," a logistics executive says.

US trucking companies kept their hiring engines firing in August.

With freight volumes and rates down, truckload drivers stuck closer to their employers, American Trucking Associations data show.

North American railroads are sending mixed messages to shippers coping with the fallout of the recent Hanjin Shipping line collapse.

DB Cargo and BMW have signed a multi-year contract in another sign of shippers’ attraction to China-Europe containerized rail.

Hanjin Shipping’s collapse has left US motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers scrambling to limit their financial exposure and wondering what to do.

The locomotive manufacturer extends its reach beyond railroads to shippers by buying cloud-based supply chain software firm.

With transportation veteran Mark Yeager now a senior adviser, private equity firm looks for a "platform" company as a base for expansion in logistics.

Indian trade unions are going ahead with a strike planned for Friday despite government concessions.

European truckload carrier Waberer’s said it was able to increase revenue and volume in the first half.

Opposition to the shipment of liquid radioactive waste from Canada to South Carolina by truck spotlights broader challenge to hazardous materials transportation.

VTG boosted first-half profit the group benefited from lower financing costs and synergies from the acquisition of a rival company.