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The Plight of Box Cars - Analysis by Richard Kloster

Ideally, when people see a problem, they do something about it before things get out of hand. But we don't live in a perfect world, or work in a perfect industry, and sometimes it takes a crisis to shock people into acting.
 

Can Precision Scheduled Railroading Save the Railroads' Third-Quarter Profits?

As the third-quarter earnings season kicks off next week for the Class I railroads, one question will be the degree to which the railroads' safeguard themselves against lower volumes as a result of their cost-cutting measures via precision scheduled railroading (PSR).
 

Resin Exports to Grow With New Charleston Warehouse

Dry bulk transportation company A&R Logistics said it will open its largest East Coast export facility near the Port of Charleston to tap the strong market for shipping U.S.-produced plastic resins. The $60 million facility will be located in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
 

North Dakota Hopes to Draw Petrochemicals Industry to Utilize Growing NGL Production

State produces 300,000 b/d of ethane Bakken at disadvantage to Appalachian, Gulf Coast basins North Dakota producers continue to boost not only daily volumes of natural gas and oil, but also natural gas.
 

US Wood Pellet Exports Reach 738,300 Tons in August

The U.S. exported 738,300.5 tons of wood pellets in August, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Oct. 4. Pellet exports were up when compared to the 464,853.2 tons exported in August 2018 and the 451,299.1 tons exported in July 2019. According to the USDA, the U.S.
 

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World Rail Freight News Round-Up

PKP Cargo has signed a letter of intent to explore the possibility of using rail to transport liquefied natural gas from PGNiG’s terminal at Świnoujście. ‘PKP Cargo is closely watching the market and we can see that the demand for transporting this raw material inland is increasing’, said PKP Cargo President Czesław Warsewicz on October 8.
 

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