Logistics

Severe winter weather along part of its network and increased costs with the proposed merger of Canadian Pacific Railway with Kansas City Southern impacted fourth-quarter financial results.

Norfolk Southern Corp. reported record fourth-quarter and full-year net income from railway operations and operating ratio when the Class I railroad released its results Jan. 26.

The latest hurdle to shipping goods in a world gripped by pandemic-driven supply chain disruptions is a shortage of cardboard boxes, according to one of the world’s biggest makers of the material.

Landstar System on Jan. 26 reported record quarterly revenue and operating income for the fourth quarter of 2021.

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings reported a 78.9% jump in earnings Jan. 26 for the fourth quarter of 2021.

Marten Transport saw revenue and earnings grow during the fourth quarter of 2021.

Nearly a year after Canadian National Railway began pursuit of an ultimately unsuccessful $33 billion bid to merge with Kansas City Southern, the company will turn to Tracy Robinson, a former executive at one of CN’s rivals, as the railroad’s new president and CEO.

While trucking industry trade groups have expressed support for a federal apprenticeship program that will train under-21 drivers to operate tractor-trailers across state lines, concerns are being raised that some of the initiative’s reporting requirements for motor carriers are overly burdensome.

The head of one of Canada’s largest supermarket chains says the vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the U.S.-Canada border is raising the cost of shipping fresh food. But so far, it has had little impact on the retailer’s ability to stock shelves.

New Jersey trucking leader Myron "Mike" Shevell dies at 87 after a career in the industry that spanned decades.