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Railroad
Railcar backlogs turning upward as sand, grain shipments slow
Grain may return with trade growth, but frac sand in structural change.
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Railroad
Low prices and high waters backing coal railcars into storage
Historic flooding in the Midwest and poor demand from electric utilities are stranding coal hoppers west of the Mississippi, pushing up prices for storing railcars.…
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Railroad
Railroad’s shift to PSR model puts storage, railcar onus on shippers
For years, shippers have tapped spare capacity of railcars and tracks as a low-cost option for storing and staging bulk commodities. But the widespread adoption…
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Container
Forwarders on notice as new tools put freight in hands of shippers
Pricing, procuring and planning ocean and rail freight was for years a dark art practiced by a cabal of freight forwarders and logistics professionals. But…
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