The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted For-hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 3.6 percent in January after going up 6.2 percent in December, according to data released by the ATA earlier today.

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Celadon Group Inc., a provider of long-haul, full-truckload freight service in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, said today one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries has acquired the truckload business and certain tractors and trailers of Warrior Express, a trucking services provider in Charles City, Virginia, for approximately $8.3 million.

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A $2.3 billion Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement and Financing (RRIF) loan and application from the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern railroad was denied by Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Joseph H. Boardman yesterday.

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Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier A. Duie Pyle announced today it has rolled out a Web-based service, which, it said, will provide shippers with advance delivery notification information.  

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RedPrairie’s acquisition of ALTA and its manufacturing event management solutions enables automotive OEMs and suppliers to reduce costs and eliminate waste

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Canadian National Railway Company (CN) announced over the weekend that it reached a tentative settlement with the United Transportation Union (UTU).

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Software eliminates the need for specialist knowledge

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Under the auspices of year-long pilot program designed to expand United States’ cross border trucking operations with Mexico, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary Mary E. Peters said today that U.S. trucks will be able to make deliveries in Mexico for the first time.

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UPS and Airbus announced yesterday announced yesterday they have signed an agreement to change the delivery dates for the freighter version of the A380 jet, as well as provide the option for possible termination of the contract by either party later in 2007.

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Intermodal and carload traffic on United States railroads were down for the week ending February 17 compared to the same timeframe a year ago, according to data released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) today.

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