Hub Group Acquires Comtrak
Hub Group Inc. announced it would acquire the assets of Comtrak Inc., a rail, intermodal and international drayage company and truckload carrier, for...
Rails Still Bargaining
Citing no discernible progress in talks with rail labor unions, the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) of the National Railway Labor Conference...
Intermodal gains offset commodity losses
As 2005 drew to a close, rail traffic declined 0.1% year over year in Week 50, according to financial services firm Morgan Stanley. A 2.6% rise in intermodal...
Deutsche Bahn purchases BAX Global
The Brink's Company has finally found a buyer for its BAX Global third-party logistics (3PL) unit. German-based Deutsche Bahn, Europe's largest railway,...
Rails Show Positive Signs
Average train speed on North American railroads dropped by 1.6% in Week 51; an improvement over the fourth-quarter trend, which indicated trains moved...
Rail Disruption Unlikely Says AAR
The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) reported that Edward Hamberger, president of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) said, We...
Tacoma Will Lay Rail to Increase Intermodal Infrastructure
The plan is to first improve operating efficiencies; second, build infrastructure improvements; and third, conduct long-term system planning. Already...
Ports were up to the challenge for 2005 peak season
The nations major retail container ports are operating without significant congestion problems as the industrys peak shipping season comes to an end,...
Two steps forward, one step back
Although some shippers may find it hard to believe (see chart below), the railroads took some major financial hits in 2005 that will continue to plague...
Inland ports ease the pressure on coastal ports
As ports of entry along the U.S. East and West Coasts become more clogged with cargo, a significant trend has been to get containers quickly through Customs...
Across the Border: Mexico grows its intermodal connections
Since railroads became privatized in Mexico, intermodal transportation is booming with all major railroad companies and ocean bound shipping lines fighting...
Rail Agreement Will Speed U.S. Southeast Mexico Freight
The area targeted in the venture is what is know as the Meridian Speedway, the rail line between Meridian, Miss. and Shreveport, La. KCS is contributing...
Rail Freight Climbs, With Intermodal Strong
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that for the first 10 months of 2005, total U.S. freight was up 146,298 carloads -- just 1% year over...
Class I Rail Merger is Speculated
Sources of speculation of a merger of U.S.-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) with Canadian National (CN) were an article in the Canadian newspaper,...
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Container Ports Are Running Well this Peak Season
Although railroads have experienced some congestion and slowedWest Coast traffic, the November Port Tracker report says that concerns for retailers arent...
The Last Mile: Railroads are keeping their customers mystified
I could swear I've heard rail shippers walking around singing Leon Russell's "Tight Rope" lately. The line they seem to repeat is, "Up on the tight rope,...
Purchase or perish
Business has been good lately for major railroads in the U.S. Despite setbacks and rerouting necessary in reaction to the spate of Gulf Coast hurricanes...
Higher costs aren't dampening shipper confidence
Despite the ravaging effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, shippers overall are confident in the U.S. economy, according to the latest Freight Pulse...
League Calls for Change in Rail Oversight
New conditions in transportation industry (and in rail transportation specifically) require new responses, the National Industrial Transportation League...
Rail industry faces shortage of qualified workers
The rising cost of fuel is resulting in an increase in the intermodal process of placing tractor-trailers onto rail cars. The highway trailer or container...
Rail industry faces shortage of qualified workers
The rising cost of fuel is resulting in an increase in the intermodal process of placing tractor-trailers onto rail cars. The highway trailer or container...
It's time to de-nationalize and rationalize transportation
No one will tell you anything good came out of the dual impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but there are certainly lessons to be learned. One lesson...
Root Canals
A desire to avoid last year's spate of peak season backups at U.S. West Coast ports is motivating some shippers to seek alternative, all-water routes...
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