As shippers, carriers and logistics firms around the globe put more technology in place to both address their current challenges and prepare for what’s coming around the next corner, some core infrastructure providers are taking similar steps. Any company shipping break bulk and using rail, for example, will be happy to know that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad…
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Rail Strike Averted
Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains and impacted the economy.
Read MoreRail Traffic Report: Aggregates Carloads Increase
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 28, 2022, as well as volumes for May 2022.
Read MoreCan Railroads Better Serve the Aggregates Industry?
It Is A Good Time To Try And Find Profit-Oriented Railroad Executives Who Will Consider Using Aggregates Trains. By Mitch Albert
Read MoreRailroads Feel Pinch from Oil Prices
North American railroad companies have faced accelerating slowdowns, with volumes falling faster than executives had predicted, according to report on Bloomburg Business. With energy companies scaling back drilling after prices for the commodity fell about 50 percent since July, industry executives and analysts anticipated that demand for hauling crude and extraction materials such as frac sand and pipes would slow…
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