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The ban follows a recent gas spill from one of the containers stored at the Tughlakabad Inland Container Depot near Delhi.

The company, which launched in 2015 by De Boomgroep, has experienced strong growth in recent months.

Backhaul cargo volume is rising sharply on the Europe to China rail route, and forwarders are unveiling new services to handle the strong demand.

The family-owned forwarder said the new Wuhan-Hamburg service would create greater stability for handling worldwide supply chains.

Currently, westbound trains can only be single-stacked because of the height limitations of the 121-year-old, 1.7-mile long Howard Street Tunnel.

Deregulating Russian rail transshipment rates would close the gap between ocean and rail pricing.

A major shift of cargo away from trucks that are clogging the port’s congested approach roads is imperative to alleviating harbor congestion.

The addition of seven feet and four additional pallet locations to the container means a 13 percent payload increase.

Kansas City Southern is positioning its Mexican network as an alternative export route for plastic resins.

“He isn’t focused on intermodal.”

Geographically, the region is easily accessible to the US East and West coasts and offers interline connectivity for eastern and western railways while bypassing infamous Chicago congestion.

Kansas City Southern de Mexico is rejecting a Mexican government report alleging that there is little competition between the railroad and two others.

Indore is one of four rail-linked inland locations Allcargo operates in the country.

The digital innovation “will give rise to a new generation of freight trains.”

China-Europe containerized rail has evolved from a niche option with infrequent service and a small network to one attracting suppliers and second-tier companies with more and faster services to a wider array of destinations.

The fire at MRS Logistica’s Station of Light caused severe damage to several buildings and disrupted services to the busiest container port in Brazil.

City officials move forward with a concession agreement that port businesses oppose.

Converting cargo from road to rail, aimed at easing chronic congestion at Chennai Port, continues to be a struggle.

A Mexican government report alleging a lack of competition among the country’s top three rail operators may be the first test of a new railroad regulatory agency created last year.

Regional shippers can pay considerably less than having their goods trucked to the rail hub of Chicago.

The acquisition, announced Tuesday, must still pass muster with regulators in the United States and Mexico.

Road from Southeast Asia to China and rail on to Poland — another service option as the overland route between Asia and Europe grows in popularity.

China-Europe rail is appearing as a regular service offered by forwarders as BCOs begin including the overland route in their requests for quotations.

Russian antitrust authorities raided offices and seized documents Wednesday.

Cass truckload and intermodal data reflect importance of fuel in pricing and rising demand.

India wants to switch from a point-to-point transportation system to a hub-and-spoke model.

It’s unclear whether the private sector has what it takes to make sensitive matchback solutions sustainable.

The port of Antwerp has gained a new rail service to Germany.

The new services should save shippers cost and transit time compared with ocean shipping.

“Through these alliances, these groups ... could maintain almost unchanged the status quo that existed before the liberalization of the rail freight sector in Spain.”

Brazil’s government for years now has been concessioning out infrastructure to boost investment and foster modernization.

Revenue dipped 4 percent.

The container trains from Bangalore inland container depot leave every Friday to reach Cochin by Sunday.

Matchback opportunities for shippers in the US heartland are limited by a lack of data.

Since 2010, chemical companies have announced 264 new US projects totaling more than $161 billion in capital investment.

Eurotunnel Group more than doubled its earnings in 2016.

Container Corporation of India is working with Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust to speed up the clearance of imports booked under the direct port delivery program.

It highlights the hurdle the US Class I rail industry faces to grow intermodal business.

CSX Transportation is geographically, financially, operationally, and managerially unlike the two Canadian railroads Harrison has helmed in the past.

As railroads are moving intermodal operations closer to their end markets, those end markets are fighting back projects they say test the limits of local infrastructure.