Rail Investment To Be Encouraged
The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) reports a bill introduced as S. 1125, Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2007...
Legal Briefs: Intermodal Liability
While this is not exactly Shakespeare, the Bard may have said it if he knew the present state of intermodal loss and damage law. In his day those moving...
Intermodal Proponent Makes His Case in Washington
Gil Carmichael, leader of the Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI) at the University of Denver and a former federal railroad administrator, told...
Legislation Halts the Canadian Rail Strike
With the Minister of Labor, Jean-Pierre Blackburn, saying the labor dispute is hurting the national economy, Canada's Conservative Party legislators,...
Intermodal Proponent Makes His Case in Washington
Gil Carmichael, leader of the Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI) at the University of Denver and a former federal railroad administrator, told...
Get Involved in Security Rulemaking
The recently enacted SAFE Port Act affords plenty of opportunity to help shape supply chain security. Now it's up to shippers and transportation providers...
The STB To Examine Railroad Tariffs and Infrastructure
Our nation's freight-rail system will be relied upon to handle significant increases in traffic in the years ahead, notes Charles D. Nottingham, STB chairman....
Intermodal Connections Take Off
The greater Kansas City area (www.kcsmartport.com) has the advantage of geography when it comes to potential logistics site selection decisions. Literally...
Intermodal Group Earnings Up 8.6%
Hub Group's fourth quarter income topped $13 million, a 54% increase over the same period in 2005. Its operating margin for the quarter increased to 5.2%...
Intermodal Carries the Torch For Rail
There's no doubt the truckload and intermodal segments are closely linked. A stunning example is J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.(Lowell, Ark., www.jbhunt.com),...
Feds Look to Regulate Rail Hours of Service
FRA Administrator, Joseph H. Boardman, claims the proposed legislation will replace existing railroad hours of service laws enacted in 1907 with comprehensive,...
Intermodal Volumes Reflect Flat Peak Season
Intermodal volume, fueled by some import growth, rose just 0.6% in the fourth quarter, wrapping up the fifth consecutive year of record traffic. Including...
Intermodal Volumes Reflect Flat Peak Season
Intermodal volume, fueled by some import growth, rose just 0.6% in the fourth quarter, wrapping up the fifth consecutive year of record traffic. Including...
Norfolk Southern Sets Income Records for the Quarter and Year
In its three major income groups, Norfolk Southern (NS) enjoyed growth that it attributes to greater traffic volumes coupled with its fuel surcharges....
Rail Freight Has Another Record-Breaking Year
The increases were consistent across the board, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Total freight volume reached 1.74 trillion ton-miles...
Rail HAZMAT Target of Homeland Security
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Docket No. TSA-2006-26514 Rail Transportation Security acknowledges that rail carriers and shippers lack...
BNSF Boosts International Intermodal Service
In expanding its market coverage to include international intermodal container traffic from the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma, the railroad is offering...
Re-Regulation Not A Risk For Rails
Reporting on the remarks of Charles Nottingham, chairman of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), equity analyst John Larkin noted the industry appears...
Ship To Shore: Who's Liable
"Just about the time you think the law is settled you find out its not." How many people in the logistics business have uttered these words? Issues related...
Shipper Expectations Run High
Carriers at the recent National Industrial Transportation League (NITL, www.nitl.org, Arlington, Va.) annual conference in Ft. Lauderdale were describing...
Mining Group Fights Over Rights to Build Mexico's Newest Port
Colonet Bay has suddenly become the most sought after piece of real estate on the North American West Coast. Located some 120 miles south of San Diego,...
Schneider Calls Mexico Express A Success
Since it introduced the Mexico Express intermodal service between the U.S. Eastern Seaboard and Mexico, Schneider National Inc. says it has become its...
What Price Progress?
"One of the key things with demurrage is that it goes to the ability of your terminals. Our position is that terminals are not storage facilities. They...
Railroad Performance Better Than Expected
At least on the financial front, Class 1 railroads are outperforming expectations. Burlington Northern Santa Fe (Fort Worth, Texas, www.bnsf.com) saw...
Chemical Industry To Replace Tank Cars
New rail tank cars will feature significantly enhanced safety and security attributes, according to the newly formed Chlorine Rail Tank Car Development...
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