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Kansas City Southern Buys Control of Tex-Mex 

Tex-Mex is the shortline railroad connecting Kansas City Southern Railway with TFM, Mexicos largest volume rail carrier. From the Mexican perspective,...

Automated crew management solution keeps trains running 

East Coast-based railroad CSX Transportation (CSXT) (www.csx.com) is using a speech-enabled crew management application that provides train conductors...

Good time to be in the container business 

Market conditions are strong for container and chassis leasing because demand for international shipping containers is high, says Martin Tuckman, CEO...

Across the Border: Small steps may lead to intermodal leaps 

The West Coast ports strike two years ago was a rude awakening for Mexican carriers. It brought the realization that intermodal logistics are not in place,...

Surface freight volumes remain strong 

For the first time in seven years, the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach held a job lottery for 3,000 longshore positions and received 300,000 applicants....

UP Revenues and Volumes At Record Level 

Revenues at the Union Pacific Railroad topped $3 billion for the first time in the railroads history. Carloads and revenue per car were also at record...

Container Growth Causes Delays 

Rising container volumes on Asia-Europe and Asia-U.S. ocean lanes have led to delays at some ports. Singapore's PSA terminal reported transhipment volume...

Attacking Demurrage Charges 

According to IWLAs President and CEO, Joel Holland, the first goal of the IWLA Rail Council is to eliminate warehousing charges to third party logistics...

Union Pacific takes actions to address capacity issues 

Union Pacific Corp. is taking additional measures to manage traffic growth on its rail network. This is another step in the company's continuing effort...

Rail service slowing down 

Rail service slowing down North American railroads showed continued performance decline on two critical measures of service quality last month. Average...

Short line uses automation to streamline border crossings 

Short line uses automation to streamline border crossings The St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (www.gwrr.com) is not the first name most shippers come...

Crew shortages, congestion plague Union Pacific 

Crew shortages, congestion plague Union Pacific A small number of California-based shippers attending a recent railroad customer forum say they've seen...

Rail service slowing down 

Rail service slowing down North American railroads showed continued performance decline on two critical measures of service quality last month. Average...

California Restores Rail Rebuilding Funds 

The money will be used by the Orange North-American Trade Rail Access Corridor (OnTrac) for scheduled rebuilding projects and to finish major projects....

Get On Board the Paperless Railroad 

As RMI explains, its Rail AMS system offers several key features designed to help Customs clearance smoother. It sends a train enroute, one-hour out message...

U.S. and Canadian Railroad Carload Traffic is Booming 

Figures are for the week of May 1, the 17th week of 2004. While there were steep decreases in primary forest product (-16.0%) and metallic ore (-9.0%)...

Rail service derails 

Rail service derails Three months into 2004, rail service measures continue to reflect worsening performance. Weighted average speed on the seven leading...

Across the Border: Court decides the Mexican rail dispute 

Court decides the Mexican rail dispute . . . maybe TMM may seek arbitration in sale of railroad to Kansas City Southern A Delaware court has ordered Mexico's...

Kansas City seeks multi-modal role 

Kansas City seeks multi-modal role Kansas City wants to take advantage of more than its strategic location to become a major multi-modal center Site selection...

Mexican Rail Adds Interline Settlement Capabilities 

As RMI explains, its Interline Settlement System (ISS), provides complete rating logic, EDI management, multiple security levels, work queue assignments,...

How the Nations Rails Strengthened Security 

In testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, Edward R. Hamberger, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) conducted its...

Fuel prices bedevil all transport modes 

Fuel prices bedevil all transport modes Fuel price volatility continues to plague all transportation modes. Equity research firm Morgan Stanley examined...

The case of the missing power tools 

The case of the missing power tools By this time, everyone involved in logistics should know that the rate and scope of inspections of imported cargo...

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