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STB seeks assurances on rails’ ability to handle US harvest season
The Surface Transportation Board wants to know how the seven Class I railroads expect to meet demand for rail service during the harvest season running…
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Daily Infographic: Resilient Rail: Managing the Harvest Season
Managing the Harvest Season
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Russian vessels allegedly ‘grain laundering’ near Ukraine
Cargo vessels allegedly are meeting at sea to transport stolen Ukrainian grain to Turkey and Syria.
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Rail Roundup: UP’s grain transload project, senators’ grade crossing bill
Union Pacific is constructing a grain transload facility at its intermodal terminal near Chicago, while two U.S. senators introduce bipartisan legislation to form a grant…
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Competing countries, strong dollar influence US grain exports
Other factors beyond the coronavirus pandemic are weighing on U.S. rail volumes for grain.
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Commentary: Steel rivers of grain continue to flow
Transporting grain is a major source of revenue for the railroads. How will the coronavirus impact the grain market and the railroads?
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Bulkloads.com carrier app adds load alerts, messaging options
Enhancements to the Bulkloads app are designed to improve the communication and speed of finding loads and negotiating rates for bulk carriers.
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A wet spring delayed the U.S. corn harvest
The U.S. imports corn from Brazil ahead of the harvest season.
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Canadian Pacific smashes grain volume records in 2018-2019
A renewed focus on building western gran network capacity helped Canadian Pacific reach all-time records for grain hauls in the 2018-2019 crop year.
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Barge traffic on Mississippi slowly recovering
Tonnage of grains, number of grain barges increasing up and down the Mississippi.
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