December 13, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 8, 2021) NEW YORK — Week 48 U.S. freight rail traffic came in at 527,406 carloads and intermodal units, decreasing 2.8% from same week in 2020. Total carloads were 255,044, rising 3.9%, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 272,362...
December 13, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, December 8, 2021) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) today announced that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the issuance of CP common shares to Kansas City Southern (KCS) common stockholders...
December 13, 2021 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 8, 2021) A federal judge yesterday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors. U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker in Georgia issued...
December 13, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Load Star, December 8, 2021) LONDON — US importers and forwarders are looking to New York’s Port Elizabeth Terminal for a faster intermodal link to the US Midwest and Canada. Full story: The Load Star
December 13, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Savannah Morning News, December 7, 2021) SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) continues to expand its capacity at the Port of Savannah while seeing a downward trend in the amount of containers stuck on terminal, indicating a gradual relief of...