Railroad

With Wabtec’s help, NS will retrofit locomotives so that they can last 20 more years.

The railcar manufacturer sees elevated scrapping levels and higher leasing rates.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for federal, state and local governments to develop inland ports to improve network flows, say stakeholders.

Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters union agreed to settle a labor dispute through binding arbitration, averting a supply chain crisis.

The shutdown of Canadian Pacific’s rail network is putting additional strain on the supply chain as shipments grind to a halt with backups looming at ports.

Supply chains are at risk after Canadian Pacific shut down its rail service amid a contract battle with the Teamsters.

American Made Chassis, an alliance of LB Steel and Integrated Industries, will build the chassis at an Illinois facility.

The board held a two-day hearing on reciprocal switching to help it determine how it should move forward.

The railway has issued a 72-hour notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference that it would lock out its members from working starting Sunday should labor agreement negotiations fail.

J.B. Hunt announced plans to expand its intermodal container count to 150,000 units in efforts “to substantially improve capacity” as part of a joint initiative with BNSF Railway.

CP and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are still in talks over a new labor agreement. The union had said earlier this month that a strike could occur as early as Wednesday.

The second-generation carbon calculator helps customers and shippers gauge the carbon emissions their shipments produced.

Calls for the Canadian government to head off a strike at Canadian Pacific are coming from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.

The North American rail system can learn a lot from the Europeans as both seek to incorporate battery and autonomous technologies into their freight rail networks.

The Surface Transportation Board will hold a two-day hearing on reciprocal switching next week. Here is some background on the issue.

SC Ports has seen record container volumes for 12 months straight.

Congress should fund the Surface Transportation Board, agreed panelists at a U.S. House hearing on the board’s funding reauthorization. But they disagree on what STB’s role should be in regulating the freight railroads.

Ocean liner Zim will include the Port of Boston in a China-Vietnam trade route.

Canadian Pacific is launching an international intermodal service between Mexico and Chicago, while state DOTs and Amtrak say a $31 million federal grant will add to existing passenger rail service and improve freight efficiency.

The cost curve is pointing downward in the production of green hydrogen, according to the head of a company that builds fuel cells.