Rail News

Container Corporation of India is aggressively ramping up its intermodal reach into Krishnapatnam Port.

Angry Mexican teachers are blockading some of the country's railways, leaving thousands of containers stranded.

India's road, rail and inland waterway systems have suffered from years of neglect and underinvestment, adding to freight delays and logistics costs.

The Port of Baltimore is not giving up on a project to raise the Howard Street tunnel enough to allow the passage of double-stacked freight trains.

"I think if you look at the absolute volumes, they are not strong,” Eric Butler, UP’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer, said.

Canadian Pacific Railway’s financials took a hit in the second quarter.

CSX Transportation and the state’s port authority on Tuesday detailed two new projects there aimed at fueling more cargo through the ocean gateway and onto the rails, and vice versa.

Kansas City Southern Railway found the second quarter a dud for intermodal volume growth.

Inland ports are helping retailers cover supply chain gaps generated by growing e-commerce demand.

Economic indicator shows no sign of inventory destocking in May.

Truck drivers who have been using a secondary access road to reach a major intermodal complex outside Chicago have been forced to cope with longer turn times, fewer trips and higher costs — but a solution is in the works.

Efforts to attract new intermodal business were not enough to slow the loss of volume and profit at CSX Transportation.

The city of New Orleans is again exploring the sale of the port’s switching railroad.

A U.S. trade group has launched its own online portal to boost efficiency in the drayage sector.

The cargo on this first train to call at the $100-million rail facility at the former Oakland Army Base was originally destined for Canadian ports.

The original deadline for binding bids was April 26, but Greece’s privatization agency has pushed it back three times.

Waste caused by poor infrastructure is thought to cost India around $45 billion per year, or 4.3 percent of GDP, according to McKinsey & Company.

The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad is reporting significant improvements in its train velocity and availability, both indicators of service, and it is investing $1 billion into its overall rail network.

India is prioritizing dozens of last mile port-rail connectivity projects to speed up cargo evacuation and help address chronic landside congestion problems at its ports.

Trains are a critical tool that can be used to relieve port congestion, but in Europe they face a number of challenges.

How containers moving to on-dock ramps will be weighed is still being worked out just days before the rule takes effect Friday.

A new containerized cargo transportation firm able to compete with global majors may soon appear in Russia.

“Importers and exporters need to work together. It’s a common bond we’re not using,” Dean Tracy, managing director of Global Integrated Services, told the annual Agriculture Transportation Coalition conference.

DP World is continuing its search for investment opportunities along the China-Europe Silk Road.

The North American Free Trade Agreement’s cross-border freight growth of 3.2 percent in 2015 — representing 14.7 million truck and rail containers crossing both borders — exceeds the global ocean container trade’s weak gain of 1.3 percent in the same period.

Reliable, time-guaranteed freight service is becoming the new mantra for Indian Railways.

The potential impact of China’s Belt and Road initiative is starting to emerge.

A new Panama Canal container route to the U.S. Gulf from Asia will replace and build on an intermodal rail service that Maersk Line launched via Mexico.

Competition in the soft market means lower domestic intermodal rates for shippers today, but a peak season turnaround — when volumes are expected to accelerate back to 2015 levels — could end historically low pricing.

Canadian National Railway announced Tuesday that chief executive officer Claude Mongeau will step down at the end of June, just months after returning to the railroad’s helm following treatment for a throat tumor.

Kansas City Southern Railway cross-border and domestic shippers are grappling with disruptions.

Russia is making it easier for shippers to secure spot containerized rail transport.

A container block train bound for Duisburg in Germany pulled out of the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi at the weekend, the latest milestone in the development of China-Europe container rail links.

Switzerland will open the world’s longest rail tunnel June.

"I think that's not something we didn't expect," Canadian Pacific Railway Chief Executive Officer E. Hunter Harrison said Wednesday in New York City at a conference hosted by transportation research firm Wolfe Research.

India’s port connectivity infrastructure, which is a source of regular frustration for shippers and logistics providers, should show some improvement in the coming years.

France’s ports, railways and airports face shutdown.

One of the big three providers of U.S. marine chassis is being sold to a new owner.

Kansas City Southern Railway announced the name of its new chief executive officer Wednesday.

Shippers torn between road and rail have a new tool they can use to help make the decision.