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Rail
Mobile terminal touts import access to coveted Midwest destinations
APM Terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast wants potential importing customers to know it has access to the Midwest via five Class I railroads.
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Home Depot offers freight rail a shipper wish list
During a panel discussion, Home Depot and others talk about how to grow freight rail.
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Rail shippers give policy wish list for 2021
Rail shippers discuss what issues they would like to see addressed in 2021. Among them: further action by the Surface Transportation Board and Congress on…
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FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics: Conrail divided between CSX and Norfolk Southern
1998: The Surface Transportation Board has approved the division of Conrail between Norfolk Southern and CSX, which will be left in control of most railroad…
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Trucking
FourKites introduces purchase order shipment tracking
Retailer Meijer has worked with FourKites to develop a new product that tracks shipments based on the purchase order associated with the shipment.
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Rail
Feds: Railroads’ rate discussions can be evidence in price-fixing lawsuits
Federal agencies in a “friend of the court” filing say discussions among Class I railroads can be admissible as evidence in dozens of lawsuits involving…
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Rail
Shippers warn of antitrust ramifications
Shippers’ lawsuits on alleged price fixing on fuel surcharges see continued activity. A hearing is scheduled in August.
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American Shipper
Coronavirus crisis worsens: FreightWaves coverage timeline (with video)
As risks surge and stocks plunge, a look at the key coronavirus issues and a rundown of FreightWaves’ coverage to date.
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Rail
Commentary: The good and bad of precision scheduled railroading
Ben Thrower writes about the positive and negative aspects of precision scheduled railroading in this commentary article.
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Rail
Commentary: Short line railroads – custom high-growth freight service
Market View commentator Jim Blaze writes about the advantages short line railroads offer to shippers.
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