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• COLUMN-Better route planning cuts fuel use in freight sector: Kemp Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 6:59 AM ET

  LONDON, March 25- U.S. distributors and freight hauliers have held down diesel consumption even as their business recovers from recession by making thousands of small changes to their operations. In 2013, FedEx will have improved the fuel efficiency of its U.S vehicle fleet by 22 percent compared with 2005, Chairman Frederick Smith said at CERA Week.

• ANALYSIS-Thrifty US truckers wary of pricey natural gas vehicles Friday, 22 Mar 2013 | 1:00 AM ET

  Suppliers like T. Boone Pickens' Clean Energy Fuels, Royal Dutch Shell and China's private ENN Group are scrambling to build natural gas fueling stations along U.S. highways, while Cummins-Westport Inc will begin later this year selling a 12- liter natural gas engine able to power the biggest trucks on the road.

• ANALYSIS-On the road, propane stakes claim as cheap, clean fuel Wednesday, 6 Mar 2013 | 7:51 PM ET

  *More and more interest in propane as transport fuel. NEW YORK, March 6- Home satellite TV provider DISH Network Corp has signed a deal to run 200 of its trucks on propane, in the latest indication that the niche fuel could soon rival natural gas as the United States' cheap transport alternative.

• GM Partially Unveils 2014 Silverado  Thursday, 13 Dec 2012 | 8:15 AM ET

  

  Mark Reuss, GM North America president, talks about his company's new pick-up trucks, including a limited "sneek peak" of the 2014 Silverado. (5:25)

• UPDATE 1-US transport companies cash in on Mexico trade boom Tuesday, 4 Dec 2012 | 8:34 AM ET

  *Kansas City Southern railroad leading charge. Over the past five years, Kansas City Southern has spent about $300 million to lay roughly 90 miles of new track in Texas, buy and update terminals in Mexico and make other network upgrades.

• US Transport Companies Cashing in on Mexico Trade Boom Tuesday, 4 Dec 2012 | 5:48 AM ET

  

  Every day, about 10 Kansas City Southern trains hauling everything from cars to chemicals crisscross the border between Mexico and the United States at Laredo, Texas, up from about six three years ago.

• ANALYSIS-US transport companies cashing in on Mexico trade boom Tuesday, 4 Dec 2012 | 12:59 AM ET

  Every day, about 10 Kansas City Southern trains hauling everything from cars to chemicals crisscross the border between Mexico and the United States at Laredo, Texas, up from about six just three years ago.

• Cargo Ships Stack Up as L.A. Port Strike in 7th day Monday, 3 Dec 2012 | 6:40 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES, Dec 3- Freighters with no place to unload cargo lined up at anchorages off Los Angeles and Long Beach for a seventh day on Monday as shippers and striking clerks resumed talks to end a labor dispute that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.

• Cargo ships stack up as Los Angeles port strike in 7th day Monday, 3 Dec 2012 | 3:51 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES, Dec 3- Freighters with no place to unload their cargo lined up at anchorages off Los Angeles and Long Beach for a seventh day on Monday as shippers and striking clerks resumed talks to end a labor dispute that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.

• Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled for 5th day by strike Sunday, 2 Dec 2012 | 12:28 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES, Dec 1- A strike by clerical workers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled most of the busiest U.S. cargo shipping complex for a fifth day on Saturday as container-laden vessels waited to be unloaded and marathon contract talks stretched into the night.