Canada’s House of Commons is set to vote this afternoon on a bill requiring service contracts between railroads and their customers.
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23 May 2013
Norfolk Southern has unveiled its new $5.9 million Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer terminal in Knoxville, Tenn., which will allow customers to transfer a large array of commodities between railcars and trucks.
21 May 2013
Genesis Energy will expand its rail terminal in Natchez, Miss., and construct a new unit train loading facility in Wyoming in the Powder River Basin of the Niobrara shale play.
28 Mar 2013
NYK Line will establish NYK Bulk and Projects Carriers on Oct. 1, 2013, following the merger of its subsidiaries, NYK-Hinode Line and NYK Global Bulk.
22 Mar 2013
Construction has begun on the Pioneer Project, which will expand the New Town transloading facility in North Dakota, increasing rail capacity in the Williston Basin...
15 Feb 2013
For the week ending Feb. 9, U.S. intermodal volume rose 7.7 percent year-over-year to 244,679 trailers and containers, according to the Association of American Railroads.
25 Jan 2013
The major U.S. railroads could eventually snatch about 45 million truck loads annually on routes 500 miles or higher, as intermodal infrastructure improves, fuel costs rise and trucking industry capacity tightens, a Cleveland Research senior analyst and partner said Wednesday.
14 Dec 2012
The U.S. government forecast is far from robust, but railroads would welcome any improvement, or even stabilization.
12 Dec 2012
Weekly year-over-year percent change and week-to-week percent change through Nov. 17, 2012.*
30 Nov 2012
Russian Railways has sold the remaining 25 percent stake in Freight One for 50 billion roubles ($1.6 billion) to Independ
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Annual Review & Outlook 2013: ABH Consulting