The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 8, 2016. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 521,789 carloads and intermodal units, down 6.1 percent compared with the same week last year.
Obtaining an accurate read on the current freight car market is like trying to fine-tune a multiple-carburetor setup on a classic performance car. Adjust one setting, and another setting may be thrown off.
The Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy may be behind a recent surge in freight moving inland from West Coast ports, as shippers look to expedite goods delayed on Hanjin vessels and in Hanjin containers to inland distribution points as the fourth quarter and holiday season loom. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, […]
The Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy may be behind a recent surge in freight moving inland from West Coast ports, as shippers look to expedite goods delayed on Hanjin vessels and in Hanjin containers to inland distribution points as the fourth quarter and holiday season loom. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, […]
Not since 2007 had the US seen a Category 5 Atlantic Hurricane. This all changed when Hurricane Matthew, a destructive and long-lasting tropical cyclone, wreaked havoc on the southeastern United States. Before its arrival on US shores, the storm also impacted Haiti, Jamaica, and a number of other island-nations. Its origin can be traced to […]
U.S. House Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., is urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider further regulation of freight trains carrying crude oil. Beutler earlier this week sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Federal Railroad Administrator Sara Feinberg and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrator Marie Therese Dominguez asking DOT to […]
Federal regulators should consider how the sharp decline in coal traffic is affecting the nation’s railroads, BNSF Railway CEO Matthew Rose said in Houston at the annual Intermodal Expo, which was sponsored by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA).
When the future of driverless or autonomous trucks is discussed, the focus tends to fall on the technology, their effect on drivers, or how they would share highways with motorists, and rarely on their impact on warehousing and industrial distribution networks. Autonomous trucks are coming, and they will change how warehouses, receiving docks, and logistics […]
U.S. House Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., is urging the Department of Transportation to consider further regulation of freight trains carrying crude oil. Beutler earlier this week sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Federal Railroad Administrator Sara Feinberg and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrator Marie Therese Dominguez asking DOT to study […]
The third-party logistics industry has been growing two to three times faster than GDP, totaling about $157 billion per year, according to Robert Voltmann, president and CEO of the Transportation Intermediaries Association.
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