railroads
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American Shipper
Port of Brownsville wins grant to expand grain exports
The Port of Brownsville recently received a $14.5 million grant to expand and upgrade the port's 3 million-bushel grain elevator, including rail and road improvements.
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American Shipper
Container return date upheaval by the numbers
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition, together with TradeLanes, surveys hundreds of American shippers about the cost to their bottom lines of uncommunicated earliest return dates from…
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Chart of the Week
Long-haul freight boom leads to pre-peak capacity crunch
Freight volumes are not the only thing putting pressure on capacity.
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American Shipper
American exporters want end to erratic container return dates
The inability of ocean carriers to timely inform shippers of schedule changes results in costly logistics disruptions and potential for lost international sales.
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News
Borderlands: Mexican rail blockade costing millions; Toyota, VW expanding in Mexico
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexican train blockade costing millions; Toyota…
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News
New USMCA trade deal could increase demand for nearshoring in Mexico
CBP’s Virtual Trade Week symposium kicked off Tuesday with a panel on the advantages of United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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American Shipper
Truck stops close shop ahead of Hurricane Laura
Logistics aid network seeking assistance from transportation sector.
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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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