railroad freight
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American Shipper
FreightWaves Flashback 1963: Rail piggyback captures 9.3% of citrus movement in two years
1963: Trucks have moved into the lead as the primary mode of transportation for Florida’s half billion dollar citrus and vegetable crops.
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Fuller Speed Ahead
FreightWaves 3PL Summit: Why you should be worried about freight markets (with video)
Jason Miller, associate professor at the Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business, paints a bearish picture.
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American Shipper
FreightWaves Flashback 1972: Tropicana employs rail-sea shipping for its citrus exports
1972: Tropicana is now exporting around 70,000 shipping tons annually with 90% going to Western Europe.
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Intermodal
Commentary: Will railroads grow organically or just recover?
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. That search for…
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Rail
Commentary: What are best practices for private railcar storage?
About 25% of the total railcar fleet is in storage of one kind or another. Jim Blaze writes about best practices of rail storage.
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Rail
Commentary: Do you want to build a freight railroad?
The cost to build a railroad is staggering. Jim Blaze gives an overview of the costs involved in such an endeavor.
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Rail
Commentary: Should we fear mega-railroad mergers?
Jim Blaze explores the pontential for a merger or mergers among the Class 1 railroads.
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Rail
Commentary: Making a tough best guess market forecast
Railroad volumes continue to drop. What might they do to increase volumes? Where are the volume increases going to come from?
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Rail
Commentary: Does rebuilding locomotives beat buying new?
Jim Blaze writes about the advantages to the railroads of rebuilding locomotives instead of buying new ones.
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Rail
Commentary: When will PSR-driven volume and service growth emerge?
Like all industries, the coronavirus has impacted railroads. What should they be doing to gain market share and better serve their customers?
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