Capacity Remains Tight; Prices Will Rise
Truckload capacity has gone from nearly balanced in January 2003 to very tight, say shippers surveyed by Logistics Today and Morgan Stanley in the seventh semi-annual Freight Pulse Survey...
West Coast ports address impediments to trade flow
PortsUnder a plan developed by the West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Agreement, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will increase peak-hour charges...
Morgan Stanley/Freight Pulse 6 Shipper Survey
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Kansas City Southern Buys Control of Tex-Mex
Tex-Mex is the shortline railroad connecting Kansas City Southern Railway with TFM, Mexicos largest volume rail carrier. From the Mexican perspective,...
Surface freight volumes remain strong
For the first time in seven years, the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach held a job lottery for 3,000 longshore positions and received 300,000 applicants....
Good time to be in the container business
Market conditions are strong for container and chassis leasing because demand for international shipping containers is high, says Martin Tuckman, CEO...
Automated crew management solution keeps trains running
East Coast-based railroad CSX Transportation (CSXT) (www.csx.com) is using a speech-enabled crew management application that provides train conductors...
Across the Border: Small steps may lead to intermodal leaps
The West Coast ports strike two years ago was a rude awakening for Mexican carriers. It brought the realization that intermodal logistics are not in place,...
UP Revenues and Volumes At Record Level
Revenues at the Union Pacific Railroad topped $3 billion for the first time in the railroads history. Carloads and revenue per car were also at record...
Container Growth Causes Delays
Rising container volumes on Asia-Europe and Asia-U.S. ocean lanes have led to delays at some ports. Singapore's PSA terminal reported transhipment volume...
Attacking Demurrage Charges
According to IWLAs President and CEO, Joel Holland, the first goal of the IWLA Rail Council is to eliminate warehousing charges to third party logistics...
Union Pacific takes actions to address capacity issues
Union Pacific Corp. is taking additional measures to manage traffic growth on its rail network. This is another step in the company's continuing effort...
Rail service slowing down
Rail service slowing down North American railroads showed continued performance decline on two critical measures of service quality last month. Average...
Short line uses automation to streamline border crossings
Short line uses automation to streamline border crossings The St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (www.gwrr.com) is not the first name most shippers come...
Crew shortages, congestion plague Union Pacific
Crew shortages, congestion plague Union Pacific A small number of California-based shippers attending a recent railroad customer forum say they've seen...
Rail service slowing down
Rail service slowing down North American railroads showed continued performance decline on two critical measures of service quality last month. Average...
California Restores Rail Rebuilding Funds
The money will be used by the Orange North-American Trade Rail Access Corridor (OnTrac) for scheduled rebuilding projects and to finish major projects....
Get On Board the Paperless Railroad
As RMI explains, its Rail AMS system offers several key features designed to help Customs clearance smoother. It sends a train enroute, one-hour out message...
U.S. and Canadian Railroad Carload Traffic is Booming
Figures are for the week of May 1, the 17th week of 2004. While there were steep decreases in primary forest product (-16.0%) and metallic ore (-9.0%)...
Across the Border: Court decides the Mexican rail dispute
Court decides the Mexican rail dispute . . . maybe TMM may seek arbitration in sale of railroad to Kansas City Southern A Delaware court has ordered Mexico's...
Kansas City seeks multi-modal role
Kansas City seeks multi-modal role Kansas City wants to take advantage of more than its strategic location to become a major multi-modal center Site selection...
Rail service derails
Rail service derails Three months into 2004, rail service measures continue to reflect worsening performance. Weighted average speed on the seven leading...
Mexican Rail Adds Interline Settlement Capabilities
As RMI explains, its Interline Settlement System (ISS), provides complete rating logic, EDI management, multiple security levels, work queue assignments,...
How the Nations Rails Strengthened Security
In testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, Edward R. Hamberger, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) conducted its...
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