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Barge freight rates, pressured by an abundance of bearish factors, plunged Wednesday and are likely

With shippers demanding service guarantees, there'll be more diversity and more reliance on third pa

CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.) - Edward H. Latchford has been named vice president-fin

The board of British Rail is expected to announce today it is delaying for a year a decision on buil

For the week ended Oct. 28, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Last-minute negotiations averted a shutdown of bankrupt Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway Co. an

CONRAIL TO ACQUIRE 1,000 AUTO CARRIERSConsolidated Rail Corp. is acquiring 1,000 fully enclo

Rockwell International Corp. Automotive Operations announced a new nine-speed direct-drive transmiss

NAVISTAR TO OFFER HI-RISE CAB OPTIONNavistar International Transportation Corp. said it plan

TNT LTD. EARNINGS FELL IN FIRST QUARTERREDFERN, Australia - TNT Ltd.'s earnings for the firs

Members of the House of Representatives took their first look in 50 years at the Federal Employers'

Prospects seem to be brightening for a proposed New England double-stack train operation to serve sm

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - John N. Etchart was promoted to vice president, c

Journal of Commerce Transportation Table, Nov. 3, National Press Club, Washington D.C. Robert A. Mat

There is "a lot" that's right with the Interstate Commerce Commission, according to Commissioner Pau

Schedule a seminar on "Using New Technology to Keep Customers in the '90s" for trucking executives,

Six small railroads are urging the Interstate Commerce Commission to rule railroads must continue to

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said the federal government will investigate the extent o

Trucking companies must retain precise state-by-state financial records if they are to cope with the

MATTHEWS TO DISCUSS RAILCAR BUILDING BOOMRobert A. Matthews, president of the Railway Progre

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide if the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp., which operates comm

A skittish junk bond market forced buyers of CNW Corp. to make significant last-minute changes in th

EVEN THE U.S. TRUCKING INDUSTRY is thinking internationally these days. As a precursor to its annual

MASS. HIGHWAY PROJECT GETS FEDERAL FUNDSMassachusetts officials announced Monday they have s

CSL INTERMODAL (Hunt Valley, Md.) - Jeffrey S. Provow was promoted to assistant general manager, Wes

High barge freight rates are causing some grain shipments to be shifted from barge to rail, but the

Although this is a major intermodal market, some local transportation leaders say the area needs mor

The Southern Pacific Transportation Co. today is starting up a round-the-bay shuttle service for con

NJ DUMP FIRE CLEANUP COULD COST $8 MILLIONNEWARK, N.J. - It could cost $8 million to clean u

ARE WE WITNESSING ANOTHER KABUKI PERFORMANCE? Jim Kennedy, executive secretary of the Rail Labor Exe

Amtrak has agreed to add a stop in Yonkers on its Empire Corridor route starting April 1. Yonkers is

A tentative final accord on the sale of bankrupt Chicago, Missouri & Western Railway to two differen

A Burlington Northern Railroad Co. plan to test use of locomotives drawing natural gas from tankers

FREIGHTLINER TO BUILD NEW PLANT IN CANADAPORTLAND, Ore. - Freightliner Corp. will build a ma

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS HUGE EARNINGS DROPMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways Inc. ea

IT'S USUALLY A NEAT TRICK to get truckers, shippers and railroads together. But Timothy H. L

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Oct. 21, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railr

SNCF, the French national railroad, will set up a combined transport service for liquid bulk chemica

U.S. acceptance is vital to the success of a global electronic freight forwarding network that has b

Norfolk Southern Corp. Wednesday reported its first earnings decline in the last six quarters.