Railroad

The railroads say customers should expect delays and rerouting because of the hurricane

Market Voice Jim Blaze contents that railroads are using the wrong KPIs to increase volume and capture market share from trucks.

Cross-border truck freight with Mexico dipped 1 percent in June, compared to the same period in 2018, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics released last week. The new data reported that trans-border trucks carried freight totaling $66 billion for the month of June, with trucks accounting for […]

The line serves communities in western New York and eastern Canada near the St. Lawrence River.

J.B. Hunt imposes peak season intermodal surcharge to recoup costs of returning empties

The new appointments could indicate how the companies are preparing to respond to future market trends.

Year-to-date U.S. rail volumes are still slumping this year, due in part to a competitive truck market for intermodal shipments.

Several intermodal containers on trains running between China to Europe run empty due to lack of exporter demand for capacity.

The acquisition seeks to build upon the company’s rail assets in Ohio and expand its presence into the Port of Cleveland.

Market Voice Jim Blaze writes about rail intermodal and what is happening to this area of the railroad sector.

It takes a year of advance planning and up to 10 loads to move a single monster turbine.

The railroad contends the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act and the Federal Railroad Safety Act preempt Oklahoma’s law.

The summer doldrums were broken violently by an escalation in the U.S.-China trade war and tweets

Trucking stands to gain, rail to lose if project moves forward.

Using data from FreightWaves SONAR, economist Ibrahiim Bayaan writes about the state of the U.S. retail market and what is ahead for this key sector.

Freight tonnage will grow 25.6 percent by the end of the next decade, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) predicts in its annual ATA Freight Transportation Forecast: 2019 to 2030.

The continued slump in U.S. rail volumes is putting pressure on overall North American rail volumes.

The railcar manufacturer and lessor has been tinkering with its designs for railcars to expand their volume capacity while also making them lighter.

Most forecasts have been conservative, but not this one.

Headcount continues to fall at U.S. rail operations as the railroads implement precision scheduled railroading.