The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has awarded two $1.5 million grants to projects that seek to improve or modernize short-line rail infrastructure.
Work is underway to develop container-handling terminals in as many as five states along the Mississippi River.
A new law authorizing tandem loads of 20-foot containers went into effect in Louisiana on June 17.
NS starts a new operating plan for intermodal; CN plans investments in Louisiana and Wisconsin; and MxV Rail agrees to share expertise with a UK group.
A truck driver was killed in Louisiana on Monday when a load he was transporting on a flatbed trailer came loose and smashed into the cab.
The cause of a tractor-trailer driving off a highway and bursting into flames in Rayne, Louisiana, remains unclear.
FreightWaves takes a look back at some of the most destructive weather events of 2021 and their impacts on freight.
Canadian Pacific says it will work to get passenger rail service going between Baton Rouge and New Orleans should its merger with Kansas City Southern pull through.
The past week in social media images features deadly Northeast flooding, a 75-ton piece of industrial boiler on a flatbed and more.
State and local leaders have told people to leave parts of the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ida likely approaches Sunday landfall.
The past week in social media images features a sticky Northwest truck spill, a raging California wildfire and more.
The next tropical storm could impact the U.S. just a week after Henri drenched parts of the Northeast (forecast video included).
FreightWaves discusses why and how the Water Institute of the Gulf is developing a digital platform monitoring shoaling on the Mississippi River.
Truckers could run into areas of flooding this weekend in the lower Mississippi Valley as a potential tropical storm develops (forecast video included).
To sweeten the voting trust application before regulators, CN and Kansas City Southern are offering to divest 70 miles of a KCS line in an area of Louisiana where both railroads have competing lines in order to create an “end-to-end” network.
After flash flooding and record rainfall in parts of the South earlier this week, truckers face the same threat Friday (with forecast video).
Massive amounts of rain have flooded parts of southern Louisiana this week, leading to road closures (with forecast video).
More record rainfall and significant flooding will slow down drivers from Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley (with forecast video).
The U.S. Department of Transportation wants the Surface Transportation Board to take up Amtrak’s request asking to establish passenger service between Mobile and New Orleans.
The process is underway to clear wreckage of the capsized SEACOR Power and minimize environmental impacts.
A total of 19 crew members were on board the Seacor Power when it overturned during rough weather 8 miles off of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.
The ongoing search for missing crew members of the capsized Seacor Power has intensified.
Amtrak wants to establish passenger rail service between Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, but CSX, Norfolk Southern and the Port of Mobile have some reservations. Amtrak has filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board to turn its plan into fruition.
A towing vessel struck a CSX swing bridge near Slidell, Louisiana, very early Wednesday morning. Rail operations have since resumed at a reduced speed.
Unusually powerful storms impacted transportation and claimed lives in 2020.
Coast Guard severely restricting vessel movement at several Gulf Coast ports as Hurricane Zeta closes in.
Ninth named storm of the 2020 season to hit the continental U.S. Wednesday. Expect minor to moderate disruptions in supply chains.
Gulf Coast transportation may be slow at times even as remnants of Hurricane Delta head toward the Northeast.
Hurricane Delta to bring hurricane conditions and “life-threatening
storm surge” to portions of the Gulf Coast Friday.
Thursday is the last day this week that carriers can pick up loads from some Gulf Coast markets. Hurricane Delta is to make landfall Friday.
Hurricane Delta will likely make landfall Friday near the Texas-Louisiana border.
Dangerous flooding and winds will disrupt freight flows for at least a few days along parts of the Gulf Coast.
Carriers and shippers should prepare for road and port closures in parts of the northern U.S. Gulf Coast.
Carriers and shippers should prepare for possible shut downs of Southern roads and ports in a few days.
The hurricane is expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area sometime Tuesday.
Direct ChassisLink has added 1,000 new chassis to the Gulf Coast region since its departure from the OCEMA Gulf Consolidated Chassis Pool earlier this year.
Trucks had to navigate around fallen trees along I-10 Westbound in Louisiana Thursday in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Laura.
Truckers can now use a large portion of I-10 in Louisiana that had been closed due to Hurricane Laura.
Hurricane Laura has killed at least four people in Louisiana. More damage is likely even as the storm weakens and moves farther inland.
Key ports and roads across the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast remain closed in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.
Even after landfall, Hurricane Laura remains dangerous. “There will be parts of Lake Charles underwater that no living human being has ever seen before.”
Hurricane Laura is closing in on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast and is expected to bring extreme winds and a “catastrophic” storm surge of possibly 20 feet of water.
Hurricane Laura, eyeing U.S. landfall Wednesday night, is now forecast to produce a “life-threatening storm surge” along parts of the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Laura is predicted to make landfall near Port Houston, part of the nation’s largest logistics hub for oil, gas and petrochemicals.
Soon-to-be Hurricane Laura will disrupt ship-to-shore operations at Louisiana ports as well as offshore oil operations.
First Atlantic hurricane of the 2020 season could cause substantial flooding to south Texas and northeastern Mexico this weekend, delaying freight traffic at ports and land border crossings.
Despite weakening, Cristobal may still cause flash flooding, transportation delays from Arkansas to Minnesota.
Tropical Depression Cristobal strengthening to tropical storm prior to U.S. landfall.
Tropical Storm Cristobal headed toward northern Gulf Coast this weekend. Some disruptions in freight flows are likely.
Tropical Storm Cristobal’s late-week landfall may cause minor freight movement delays.
Storm poses “possibility of life-threatening inundation from rising water moving inland from the coastline.”
The Port of New Orleans has reopened after Tropical Storm Barry swept through the region, although officials still stress dangerous flooding conditions for area residents.
Hurricane Barry made landfall in Louisiana on July 13, and as it did, it caused disruption to travel and cargo movement in the region.
At least 250,000 barrels a day of crude immediately affected by Tropical Storm Barry
Heavy snow melt and rains have caused historic flooding in 16 states and the FMCSA has lifted certain regulations as a result.
Hear from owner-operators and safety personnel to stay ready for the challenges of the road
