An alternative to the Panama Canal
After over 14 years of study, the linking of the ports of Salina Cruz in the Pacific and Coatzacoalcos in the Gulf of Mexico may finally become a reality...
Coping with constraints in China
China has become the focal point for trade to and from the U.S., Europe and intra-Asia. This rapid rise in stature has added substantial volumes of cargo...
Heard & overheard: Overworking on the railroads
"Capacity is the critical issue facing all stakeholders in the rail industry today," says Ted Torbeck, president and CEO of GE Equipment Services, Rail...
Breaking the global logjam
Every company wants to know the secret of going global, and yet global trade itself is widely seen as an inefficient process. According to a recent study...
Search is on for more West Coast ports
The success of Mexico's booming West Coast ports, Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas each located some 1,000 miles distant from the U. S. border is sparking...
Canadian Rail Expands to Feed Asian Markets
Targeted to be finished this fall, the $160 million expansion will increase CPR’s rail capacity in Western Canada some 12% which translates into more than 400 freight cars per day...
DCs Hazmat Ban Is Not Over Yet
The ban that was issued as an ordinance by the D.C. City Council on February 1 and signed into law on February 15 forbids hazardous chemical transportation within 2.2 miles...
Union Pacific Shows Signs of Improvement
Morgan Stanley reports that the UP has recently showed an average train speed of 21.8 mph, for the 12th week of the year, which is a 2% gain, year-over-year...
Port congestion likely to continue throughout 2005
Congestion at North American and European ports will continue throughout 2005, according to market analyst firm Transport Intelligence. The ports of Los...
Building an inland empire
If the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority in Ohio has its way, some of the congestion plaguing U.S.-Canadian border crossings at Detroit-Windsor...
Intermodal Chassis Inspections Get Yes Vote
Section 4128 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (H.R. 3) as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 10th calls for regulations...
Opposition Grows Against DCs Hazmat Ban
The first legal move against the law came from CSX -- which owns and operates the major rail line in the District and passes within four blocks of the...
Washington, D.C., bans hazmat shipments near Capitol building
Q What is the status and significance of the Washington, D.C., ban on hazmat moving through the U.S. Capitol area? A Many people outside Washington, D.C.,...
Intermodal reports 'best ever' growth in 2004
Strong fourth quarter volume helped make 2004 the best year ever for intermodal growth, according to the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)....
Logistics in Eastern Europe moves at a snail's pace
It's an old story: Jobs move to where labor costs are lower. But it's also a common experience that other factors affect total costs, and a decision based...
Rail Traffic Up, Canadians Tops On Operations
Rail volumes for the week ended February 19th increased 11.2% over the same period a year earlier. The increase was fuelled by a 23% rise in intermodal traffic and a 5%...
Open to change
Shippers should be willing to change modes when necessary to find capacity There's little doubt that capacity issues will continue to plague shippers...
Intermodal freight center wins federal funding
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (www.rpi.edu) and the University of Maryland (www.umd.edu) have been granted $700,000 in federal funding to develop a...
Five minutes with Hub Group's Phillip Yeager
Having started in the intermodal business in 1959 and built his company into a major force in the market, Phillip Yeager, chairman of Hub Group Inc. (www.hubgroup.com),...
L.A. Port - BNSF Aim at a Facility to Ease Congestion
Last November, the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners gave approval to development of an area within an existing Classification Yard...
Bush Administration announces $59.5 billion transportation budget
The Bush Administration has announced a $59.5 billion Fiscal Year 2006 budget request that, it is hoped, will meet the countrys transportation needs....
More but slower freight hits the rails
With all but the final week of 2004 reported, North American railroads saw a 5.6% increase in traffic volumes, but service worsened for the fourth quarter....
RFID secures meat shipments
The Smart and Secure Tradelanes (SST) initiative has launched a demonstration project with Meatco (www.meatco.com.na), a southwest African supplier of...
Mexico prepares to open its first FTZ
Mexico's first Free Trade Zone (FTZ), to be situated in the city of San Luis Potosi in Central Mexico, is nearing completion. Creation of the FTZ didn't...
West Coast Rail Crunch Begins to Ease
Crews have been at work to restore service since UP operations were slammed by high water, mud and rockslides and washouts through its Southern California and Southern Nevada operating area...
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