Some shippers may consider “collaboration” a buzzword that’s been stale since the 1990s, but it’s slipping off their lips more and more often. Concern about future truck capacity coupled with more complex demands from customers are pushing US shippers to make transportation suppliers partners.That’s tough for those companies that pressed transport operators for deep cuts […]
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 22, 2017. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 515,131 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.7 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 22 were 257,283 carloads, up 11.6 […]
Intermodal pricing increased 4.8 percent for the month compared with the same 2016 period, just the six year-over-year increase since December 2014 and the second largest since January 2012, according to the latest Cass Intermodal Price Index.
Four senators from New York and New Jersey are calling on U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to visit aging rail and transit infrastructure in their states to see the “urgent need” for federal investment.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 15, 2017. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 519,318 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.9 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 15 were 255,485 carloads, up 6.2 […]
Barely a month into his job leading CSX Corp., Hunter Harrison is already executing some signature moves from his railroad-turnaround playbook. First among them: doing away with hump yards, longtime fixtures of rail operators where long trains are broken down into individual cars by pushing them over a hill, then letting gravity send them down […]
The Omaha, Neb.-based Class I railroad’s investment plans stemmed from its $3.1 billion capital plan for 2017. The capital plan was unveiled in February, and since then, the Omaha, Neb.-based Class I railroad said it would invest in Texas, California, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oregon.
A freight “tsunami” is sweeping toward Chicago from the Eastern Seaboard, and a proposed train-and-truck facility in suburban Will County could help railroad CSX ride the wave. Logistics and economic development experts predict a rising volume of goods passing through East Coast seaports, thanks to a wider Panama Canal and more shipments coming via the […]
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 8, 2017. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 513,022 carloads and intermodal units, up 7.1 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 8 were 252,056 carloads, up 9.8 […]
At Progressive Railroading’s third annual Secure Rail Conference, held April 5-6 in Orlando, Fla., attendees listened to 20 presentations on topics that addressed how railroads can improve the security of assets, passengers and employees.
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