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For the commercial transportation business, moving things from point A to point B is job one. This coverage explores all of those movements at a global level and focuses on everything from global trade, ocean shipping, and port activity to intermodal business, rail operations and the greater supply chain.
 

Business, Logistics

Swift Reports Lower First-Quarter Profit

Swift Transportation Co. reported its first-quarter net income fell 59% to $12.3 million, or 9 cents per share, as winter weather drove down profits.

April 25, 2014
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises 7.6% for Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 7.6% in the week ended April 19 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

April 25, 2014
Business, Logistics

Echo Global Logistics’ 1Q Net Income Falls 18%; Revenue Improves

Echo Global Logistics’ first-quarter net income fell 18% to $2.4 million, or 10 cents per share, from $3 million, or 13 cents per share.

April 25, 2014
Business, Logistics

Norfolk Southern’s First Quarter Profit Declines

Norfolk Southern Corp. said its first-quarter profit declined and operating revenue dropped 2%.

April 23, 2014
Business, Logistics

Canadian Railroads’ 1Q Earnings Rise

Canada’s two major freight railroads reported higher first-quarter earnings from a year ago despite harsh winter conditions.

April 23, 2014
Business, Logistics

STB Pressures Two Railroads to Speed Fertilizer Shipments

BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway, the primary railroads in oil-rich North Dakota, last week came under federal pressure to accelerate fertilizer shipments to the region after delays on both lines slowed that freight as planting deadlines approach.

April 21, 2014
Business, Logistics

Hub Group Reports Lower 1Q Profit, Citing Weather

Hub Group Inc. said its first-quarter profit slipped from a year ago, citing “extreme weather in many markets,” although its revenue improved.

April 18, 2014
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises 9.3% for Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 9.3% in the week ended April 12 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

April 18, 2014
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s 1Q Earnings Jump 14%

Union Pacific Corp.’s first-quarter earnings jumped 14% to $1.1 billion, or $2.38 a share, the company reported April 17. Revenue rose 6.6% to $5.64 billion.

April 17, 2014
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports 1Q Income Drops 14%

CSX Corp. reported its first-quarter net income fell 14% to $398 million, or 40 cents per share, as the rail industry began its first-quarter round of earnings reports on a lower note.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
April 16, 2014