July 6, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Ports
(Source: Canadian Press, July 5, 2023) CPKC, a major North American railway, says it has placed “temporary embargoes” on export traffic to the Port of Vancouver, as a strike at B.C. ports drags into its fifth day with no signs of a breakthrough. Full...
June 15, 2023 | Headlines, Ports, Shippers
(Source: Associated Press, June 15, 2023) The union for thousands of West Coast dockworkers has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, it was announced Wednesday, after more than a year of negotiations and several work disruptions that snarled shipping...
February 6, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, Ports, PSR
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 2, 2023) U.S. railroads originated 1,843,624 carloads, containers and trailers in January, a 3.2% decrease compared with volumes in January 2022, according to Association of American Railroads data. Although the number of...
January 26, 2023 | Headlines, Ports
(Source: CNBC, January 25, 2023) The Port of New York and New Jersey moved almost 9.5 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) for 2022, the first time in its history the port broke the nine-million container mark and another sign of its greater prominence in the...
January 18, 2023 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, Ports, PSR, Shippers, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, January 16, 2023) The near-term future of freight rail might be one marked by collaboration, whether that’s through private or public partnerships among other supply chain stakeholders or between the railroads themselves as they compete against...
January 13, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, Ports, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 12, 2023) Rail traffic is expected to have another tough year as intermodal, carload, and coal traffic will all struggle to show growth. North American rail traffic was down 1.9% overall last year, according to the Association of...
January 4, 2023 | Headlines, Ports, Shippers
(Source: CNBC, January 3, 2023) Nearly a third of logistics managers at major companies and trade groups say they do not know how much trade they would return to the West Coast once an International Longshore and Warehouse Union, or ILWU, labor deal is reached,...
October 31, 2022 | DOT, Headlines, Ports
(Source: Reuters, October 28, 2022) The U.S. Transportation Department announced on Friday it is awarding $703 million for 41 port infrastructure projects in 22 states and American Samoa, according to documents seen by Reuters. Full story: Reuters
October 28, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Ports
(Source: CNBC, October 27, 2022) The East Coast continues to dominate in the movement of trade, with the Port of New York and New Jersey taking the top spot as the nation’s busiest seaport for a second-consecutive month. It moved 35% more cargo in September 2022 than...
October 19, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Ports
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 18, 2022) The South Carolina Ports Authority yesterday broke ground on Navy Base Intermodal Facility, a near-dock rail facility to be built at the Port of Charleston. CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and Palmetto Railways will...
