Railroad

Record $1.5 billion in U.S. DOT grants “rebalance” investments into rural areas.

Railroad to leave Norfolk for Georgian pastures.

Brexit preparations have been thrown into even greater turmoil as conservative members of parliament have triggered a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister.

In partnership with Blume Global… In our view, increased digitization can make drayage markets more transparent and improve asset utilization, making carrier offerings more attractive on both a cost and service basis.

Canadian province tackles stricter driver training and Chinese goods to Europe move along the world’s longest freight route. Plus Uptake takes innovation award and improving truck driving jobs.

Mercitalia, Italy’s largest freight railway company has unveiled ETR 500, a high-speed cargo train that connects Bologna with Naples. Authorities state that this would negate 9,000 truck trips annually, cutting nearly 80% of carbon emissions associated with carrying an equivalent load on road.

Autonomous vehicles policy should go beyond the highways and roads, the rail trade group argues.

Is the economy still healthy? Are people still making things, shipping things, and buying things? According to the railroad car data, the answer is a definitive “Yes.” 

Also in the pickup: Morgan Stanley index, and a move back to sailing across the ocean.

In a 45-minute chat at a Credit Suisse conference, Jim Foote insists that it isn’t all about cost-cutting.

Funding aims to keep Port’s market share as more freight moves to intermodal and off the roads.

Also today: going to jail for bogus CDLs; ecommerce driving the Canada Post labor dispute.

After making its first acquisition last year in a quarter-century, the company could be in the market for another one, according to CEO John Roberts.

The decision in favor of Horizon turned on a narrow question of where one of the employees’ case should be heard.

Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group that has dabbled in hundreds of businesses over the years, can now add U.S. commuter train operator to his portfolio.

It took a week to get the tallies, but an early lead turned into an insurmountable deficit.

What happens if vegetables are grown vertically indoors? What happens if oil prices collapse? Those were some of the questions at this Marketwaves18 panel.

Blockchain solutions, improved interfaces, artificial intelligence and a tool for the intermodal business.

The dispute sheds light on the extraordinarily secretive process governing the intermodal agreement.

Rail and truck demand a secondary casualty in trade dispute.