The Trump administration is reshaping global trade, and the effects are being felt in the ocean and air freight sectors.

The Surface Transportation Board rejected as incomplete the merger application by Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to create the first transcontinental railroad.  

Union Pacific’s chief executive fired back at rivals who oppose the merger to create the first transcontinental railroad.

U.S. rail carload freight and intermodal shipments for the first week of this year improved nearly by double-digits.

The January State of Freight webinar continued with the message that the market may have made a turn that will stick around.

Rail traffic for U.S. railroads fell 4% for the week ending Jan. 3, 2026, according to statistics from the Association of American Railroads. Volume for the week was 404,293 carloads and intermodal units, with 192,665 carloads, down 2.8% from the corresponding week a year earlier, and 211,628 containers and trailers, down 5.1%. Only chemicals, 2.3%, […]

BNSF Railway and Canadian National tell U.S. regulators that Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are withholding crucial documents needed to properly evaluate their proposed transcontinental merger.

Activist investment firm Ancora Alternatives has led five separate change campaigns in the transportation industry and sees further opportunity to shake up the space.

CSX has laid off about 5% of its non-union employees and furloughed dozens of train crewmen.

Jaguar Transport Holdings and Spokane International Airport partner on a new transload facility connecting to the national rail network.

The Surface Transportation Board proposed changes to make it easier for shippers to get freight services from a railroad that doesn’t directly serve their locations.