Railroad

Global law firm HFW and Southeastern Freight Lines announce promotions.

The railroad installed its first-ever train inspection portal southeast of its largest hump yard in Georgia last December.

USD Partners and Gibson Energy will begin construction of a unit in April that will produce a nonhazardous heavy crude product.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces Rick Cotton is under quarantine and some port authority staffers will be tested.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen wants freight and passenger railroads to temporarily alter their sick leave policies and provide stronger sanitizing materials.

The autonomous track inspection technology is mounted on a locomotive, allowing NS to inspect rail track in real time.

Jim Blaze writes about the outlook for intermodal rail in 2020.

Company accused of cheating its way into U.S. markets while posing a security threat

The Eastern U.S. railroad moves its leaders to new positions as the railroad continues to roll out its operating model based on precision scheduled railroading.

“In 2020 both governments expect to implement low-cost, high-impact strategies to simplify customs and immigration screening and reduce wait times,” the U.S. State Department said.

Excluding coal carloads, U.S. carloads in February fell only 0.8% from last year, according to the Association of American Railroads.

The 2019 Protecting America’s Food and Agriculture Act provides funding to help Customs and Border Protection close a shortfall among its agriculture specialist ranks over the next three years.

Canadian National CEO JJ Ruest still expects the company will meet 2020 targets despite a significant hit from rail blockades.

With the possibility of rail blockades fading, the railway is seeking to ramp up its eastern operations again after it had shut them down for roughly two weeks because of protests.

William J. Flynn was formerly CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, and his leadership experience spans the air cargo, freight railroad and maritime industries.

The tentative agreement could help bring an end to protests on the country’s freight transportation network.

The rail industry could see merger activity in the next five to 10 years should the regulatory and economic environment make them necessary.

FreightWaves Market Expert Mike Baudendistel writes about the issues impacting rail intermodal in 2020, and the ongoing battle between the railroads and the trucking industry.

The rule, effective on April 3, addresses concerns of shippers, particularly those involved in paper products, steel scrap and agricultural goods.

Positive train control has been fully implemented on the Class I rail network, with 48% of the network able to communicate with tenant railroads.