Intermodal shippers should save more money using rail in the third quarter compared with this spring when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) closed US businesses, with trucking rates climbing in June and July, particularly in Southern California where truck and rail capacity are extremely tight. Union Pacific Railroad is instituting a $500 surcharge on excess […]
Like all modes of freight transportation, the freight railroad and intermodal sectors are not operating in normal times. As group news editor Jeff Berman has been reporting, the ongoing impact of the pandemic serves as the main driver for this, and it’s reflected in year-to-date U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes in data from the Association […]
Regulators are giving intermodal chassis providers a three-month reprieve from required annual inspections for recently expired equipment to help alleviate disruptions caused by COVID-19. The waiver, issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on June 1, was granted to the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) on behalf of ocean carriers, railroads, leasing […]
The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 13, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 449,291 carloads and intermodal units, down 14.9% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending June 13 were 198,437 carloads, down 22.8% compared with […]
U.S. freight railroads are watching how tropical depression Cristobal might affect operations as it moves inland. They have also been waiting for the floodgates in New Orleans so that rail operations can resume. The storm made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, late Sunday evening and is expected to travel up the Mississippi River. Area flooding as the […]
North American rail traffic fell 16.5% last week, marking the smallest weekly decline in nearly two months, as the economy shows signs of slowly recovering from the coronavirus pandemic, data from the Association of American Railroads showed. Carload volume slid 22.8% for the week ended May 30 on 12 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads, […]
“Overall traffic levels last week were down from the prior week as would be expected for a week which includes a national holiday,” said AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray. “However, it is somewhat heartening to note that 11 of the 20 carload categories, including several major commodity areas, improved their showing vs. 2019 […]
Regulators are giving intermodal chassis providers a three-month reprieve from required annual inspections for recently expired equipment to help alleviate disruptions caused by COVID-19. The waiver, issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on June 1, was granted to the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) on behalf of ocean carriers, railroads, leasing […]
Although U.S. rail traffic is still sharply lower compared with the same period in 2019, rail volumes for intermodal and commodities such as motor vehicles and grain are higher sequentially on a weekly basis, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
The grants under the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair program are for capital projects to repair, replace or rehabilitate publicly or Amtrak-owned or -controlled railroad assets, according to FRA. The grants also seek to reduce the repair backlog and improve the performance of intercity passenger rail.
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