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Rail strike threat may have goosed truckload demand
Outbound truckload tender volumes spiked this week out of Southern California, while intermodal volumes dipped due to a brief embargo. Could this be a result…
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Loaded and Rolling: Class 8 equipment outlook; railroads avoid strike
The outlook for trucking companies buying new or used Class 8 trucks can best be described like a 2005 Facebook relationship status — “It’s complicated.”
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Rail strike averted by tentative deal
A nationwide rail strike has been averted as the railroads and unions have reached a deal.
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Transport strikes put supply chains under duress again
Labor actions are creating great uncertainty for rail shippers in the U.S. and for air and sea cargo in Europe.
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Rail strike would disrupt cross-border supplies of cars, auto parts, beer
Billions in trade between the U.S. and Mexico could be affected by a railway strike that could begin Friday.
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Here’s what you need to know about a potential rail shutdown
With a Friday deadline looming for some rail unions and management to make a deal, a shutdown is looking more and more possible.
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Another union accepts tentative deal with railroads
Nine out of 12 labor unions have reached tentative agreements with the railroads, up from five last week.
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Here’s how Congress could avoid disastrous rail shutdown
Congress must prevent a rail shutdown. Otherwise, factories will close, food and fuel supplies will dwindle and inflation will soar.
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3 more unions reach tentative agreements with freight railroads
Three more railroad unions have reached tentative agreements with Class I railroads on new labor contracts.
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Borderlands: Kansas City Southern set to build $75 million rail bridge in Laredo
This week in Borderlands: Kansas City Southern set to build second rail bridge in Laredo; Texas firm constructing a truck and trailer parking facility near…
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