Rails Relatively Stable; CN Top Performer
Canadian National (CN) could post the most volume growth of any North American railroad in 2008, says a report by Morgan Stanley Research North America....
Kansas City Stands at key crossroads
For Kansas City, geography has combined with opportunity to make it a logistics center. Theres no argument that being roughly at the geographic center...
Prince RupertAn Express Gateway Asia-North America
The new Fairview Container Terminal is now up and running at the port that is a days sailing time closer to Asia than Vancouver and Seattle in the US...
Rail Demand Will Remain Soft
Strong volumes in Canada kept intermodal numbers for North American Class 1 railroads from falling even further. Overall volumes were tracking below 2006...
Short on Miles But Long on Service
The short line sector of the railroad industry is not new. In fact, the current Class 1 railroads (those with revenue in excess of $ 319.3 million annually),...
Mexico Flexes Its Infrastructure Muscle
Schneider Logisitics Mexicos Armando Beltran. When US companies tapped into the Mexican logistics market some 12 years ago, little did they suspect they...
J.B. Hunt Earnings Saved by Intermodal
Overall J.B. Hunt revenues for its third quarter were up 4% year over year, at $892 million although operating income declined by 5% at $96 million. Specific...
NITL Supports Short Line Tax Credit
The rehabilitation tax credit, known as 45G, was first enacted in 2004. It provides a credit of 50 cents per dollar spent on track rehabilitation, up...
Canadian Pacific Buys DM&E Rail for $1.48 Billion
Based in Sioux Falls, SD, the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (DM&E) also is comprised of IC&E Railroad, and Cedar American Rail Holdings. Today...
Union Pacific Begins to Build in San Antonio
At the outset the new terminal is designed to handle 100,000 trailers each year with potential to grow to 250,000 trailers and containers annually. The...
IANA Releases Intermodal Directory
IANA, which represents intermodal freight transportation suppliers and shippers in legislative, regulatory and other matters also provides educational...
Last Mile Prices on the Rise
Truck volumes have been rising at a compound annual rate of 2.2% since 1996, says the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Based on freight ton-miles,...
Strength on the Road, Weakness on the Rails
By Ricardo Castillo Mireles Just outside the township of Ramos Arizpe, on the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) highway between Saltillo and...
US Freight Transportation Takes a Fall
Transportation fell 0.7% in June from its May level. A report from the Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the TSI measures...
Norfolk Southern Reaches Labor Accord with Engineers
Norfolk Southern (NS) says that the engineers will be able to collect bonuses based on the same criteria used for those of management. The Union has been...
Rail Earnings Growing Despite Traffic Drop
Rail pricing remains firm, and railroads grew earnings despite a volume environment that suggests a freight recession, reports North American equity analyst...
Union Pacific Launches New Carload Solutions Group
The new Carload Solutions Group combines the carrier's OnePlus Transload Services with its Rail Shipment Management Business Departments. According to...
Congestion Takes a Holiday
By Walter Weart Testifying to the lack of congestion is the "Port Tracker," a report which includes six-month forecasts, monthly benchmarks, and a port...
Redevelopment Targets Intermodal Hub
CenterPoint Properties is partnering with the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) to develop a 370-acre intermodal facility that will be operated by the...
The Canadian Pacific Rail Strike Draws to an End
Off the job since May15, the Union and management reached agreement that should shortly have workers back at work. The 3,200 members of the Teamsters...
Canadian Pacific Workers Strike
While engineers and conductors arent part of the strike, the 3,000 Teamsters workers who maintain the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) bridges and track...
Combating Congestion: Who Pays the Bill?
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Mary E. Peters, in National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on American's Transportation Network writes, "congestion...
Standard Intermodal Transportation Contract
by Robert A. Voltmann Over the last two decades, the intermodal sector of the freight transportation industry has experienced explosive growth. According...
Rail and Boats Join to Move Cargo to Puerto Rico Door-to-Door
Pacer will move the freight over its double-stack rail network and will turn the 53-foot containers over to Trailer Bridge at Jacksonville. The marine...
BNSF May Join the New Dallas Logistics Hub
BNSF (Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway) has taken an option to purchase between 387 and 530 acres of land within the hub for an intermodal facility....
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