Rail News

Stakeholders at the public container gateway worked harder to improve efficiency, amid ever-challenging market conditions.

Several US ports, many in the Gulf, are expecting a surge in wind cargo during the next 24 months.

Security and service problems face Mexico's intermodal sector as it seeks to expand its share of the reefer market.

Patience is the key right now, logistics professionals say, because many BCOs and truckers are dealing with the same challenges, caused by large volumes, a chassis shortage, and now Arctic cold.

Ripples from last year’s ELD mandate are still reverberating down rail tracks.

The ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland are investing billions in physical infrastructure, digitization, and process improvements to relieve congestion and speed container transport.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has started handling import cargo booked under direct port delivery services by intermodal rail.

The congestion is subsiding, according to draymen and logistics providers.

The closure of rail lines at the two biggest ports on Mexico's Gulf Coast is shutting down supplies to manufacturers.

The gridlock is another example of how a small piece of equipment can cause havoc to the supply chain.

Bangladesh shippers have nearly tapped out containerized rail capacity on the Chittagong-Dhaka route.

The intermodal sector enters 2019 with cautious optimism amid adequate US economic growth; however, factors point toward more-competitive conditions.

The summer/autumn beat-the-tariff front-loading of imports to West Coast ports is now spreading inland.

A slew of upgrades, efficiency improvements, and new services are all aimed at boosting business.

Amid tightening Mexican truck capacity, rail has an opportunity to attract smaller shippers.

Truckers and equipment providers in Mexico should find it easier to lease intermodal equipment if the country's first uniform interchange agreement goes ahead.

The history of and the battle between trailers and containers parallels the history of US transportation.

Class I railroads face uncertainty in global trade, as well challenges in service and pricing, to keep momentum going in 2019.

IMO 2020 has the potential to change costs for freight that never comes close to the open sea.

If price is how intermodal separates itself from trucking, railroads should think hard about rates.

It’s the fourth terminal in the port’s rail system.

Shortages in rail equipment, as well as dry and refrigerated containers, are increasing pressure on exporter operations.

Mexico faces a wealth of uncertainty as it enters 2019, but it is unlikely to unravel the trade sector’s strength.

With annual handling volume increasing substantially, Chittagong faces yard congestion throughout the year.

The development of a grain transloading facility in western Canada by autumn 2019 will add to the export momentum that is building at Prince Rupert and Vancouver.

The terminal at GCT Bayonne is the port’s fourth rail terminal.

For the past few months, nearly 900 TEU of Dhaka ICD-bound containers remained delayed at the port, daily.

There is good reason to consider ditching the transactional model.

US freight volumes are still growing. Equally significant, the international political climate that affected imports, exports, and trade flows in 2018 could do so again in 2019.

CSX Transportation has recommitted $91 million toward a project.

The electronic logging device transition period has passed and the trucking industry has found a new normal. On the rails, intermodal volume has grown each week, year over year, except week one. What do the aforementioned mean for rates and capacity for each?

Shippers will have to scramble after Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway announced the elimination of more than 425 domestic and nearly 100 international origin-and-destination interline pairs in multiple phases.

Port, rail, and highway projects are among 91 grants distributed by the US Department of Transportation, including for the extension of port berths and terminals and inland port rail access.

Canadian National Railway also is the sole rail provider at the port of Halifax.

The advantages of double-stack trains are well known; even so, Maryland stakeholders remain short a substantial some of money for the project.

Although trains will still go through Atlanta, there will be a number of advantages for shippers by avoiding vehicle traffic.

“This [the new rail route] will help exporters and importers move their cargo faster and safely through an environment-friendly mode of transport,” said Keld Pedersen, managing director of APM Terminals Pipavav.

Ports are seeking a larger percentage of federal transportation funds, and with good reason: the American Association of Port Authorities has identified $20 billion in multimodal project needs for public port authorities alone.

With service and reliability levels below where they need to be, the European and UK rail sectors have embarked on separate strategies to improve operations and grow cargo volume on their networks.

The network has evolved from a series of single shipper-driven services to more than 50, and a unique rail advantage, along with growing national economies, is at the core of the uptrend.