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Stakeholders spar over scope of Surface Transportation Board’s authority
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…
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Shippers: CP-KCS merger could reduce competition at interchanges
Access to interchanges, treatment of American grain shippers compared to Canadian ones and service impacts weigh on shippers’ minds as they evaluate the proposed merger…
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Chemical trade group: Washington must prioritize supply chain issues
The American Chemistry Council chats with FreightWaves about why government leaders should keep transportation issues at the forefront of policymaking, especially in light of anticipated…
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Shippers want STB to clarify what it wants from merger applicants
Canadian Pacific and CN note the end of the public comment period for CN’s proposed voting trust, which would be used to acquire Kansas City…
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Chemicals shippers relay rail service woes to regulators
The American Chemistry Council wants the Surface Transportation Board to look into whether operational changes and cost cutting exacerbated the rail service issues that chemicals…
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American Chemistry Council urges caution on Class I mergers
The American Chemistry Council, which represents chemicals shippers, wants the Surface Transportation Board to scrutinize proposed Class I rail mergers to ensure that shippers don’t…
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Shippers embrace STB’s demurrage billing rule
The Surface Transportation Board’s final rule on what information should be included in a demurrage billing statement provides transparency and accountability in a process shippers…
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Rail stakeholders see promise and peril in Biden infrastructure push
Freight rail associations and shippers praise President Joe Biden’s efforts to modernize U.S. transportation infrastructure, but some are worried about how to foot the costs.…
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Shippers, unions, railroads take sides at Senate hearing
Rail stakeholders debate the legacy of precision scheduled railroading and the common carrier obligation.
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Surface Transportation Board adopts rule to improve data collected from freight railroads
The Board is modifying what data it collects from the waybill samples of the U.S. freight railroads.
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