Domestic News
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U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Friedman determined Friday that four railroads — Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX and Norfolk Southern — must include certain evidence in ongoing legal proceedings concerning allegations of price fixing that occurred in the early 2000s. The proceedings, which involve over 200 shippers, are about whether the railroads applied fuel surcharges on rail rates that weren’t related to fuel. |
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As a favored source of low-cost manufacturing for U.S. markets, Mexico seems to come and go. The formation of maquiladoras, factories mostly located in areas close to the U.S. border, kicked off an era of vibrant manufacturing activity in Mexico in the 1960s. |
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Rick Galvan is a people-made leader. In the office, at manufacturing facilities, during town halls, and overseas, Galvan’s focus has always been on people. He pulls from his life experiences to motivate and inspire his teams, and his authentic and transparent approach to leadership keeps him grounded and relatable. |
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Canada's Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced yesterday changes to the federal Rules Respecting Key Trains and Key Routes, which have been approved by Transport Canada (TC). The changes are the result of ministerial orders put in place in 2020 to address important risk factors for derailments caused by railway infrastructure, especially during winter operations, TC officials said in a press release. |
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Oil declined in New York after an industry report showed U.S. crude stockpiles rose last week amid a spate of refinery outages from the country’s recent cold snap. The industry-funded American Petroleum Institute was said to report a 1.03 million-barrel build in domestic oil inventories, compared to expectations for a decline. |
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Automotive supply chains have had a turbulent couple of years, from the General Motors strike at the end of 2019 to the factory shutdowns in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, a semiconductor shortage with no quick fix is shutting down production lines around the world. |
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The Department of Transportation will soon review a controversial Trump-era order allowing the transport of liquefied natural gas by rail. The regulatory change, finalized in July 2020, permits liquefied natural gas to be transported in fortified train cars with over three times the volume of United Nations-approved tankers. |
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U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline is sparking renewed interest in shipping Canadian oil-sands crude by rail, and that comes with its own environmental risks. Cenovus Energy Inc. and Imperial Oil Ltd. have increasingly turned to trains to move their crude, with oil exports by rail from Canada more than tripling since July. |
International News
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The logistics company will still use road haulage; however, it will put rail freight in the game and use a multimodal approach in its services. “By offering multimodal transportation, we go one step further in reducing the carbon footprint and enabling our clients to become more environmentally friendly”, said Philipp Ortwein, Co-Founder & Managing Director at InstaFreight. |
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The two-way journey is launched by the Odessa-based logistics firm Global Ocean Link (GOL), with the support of the Maersk Line. GOL has its own container fleet of over 150 TEUs, and as it points out, it can provide SOC equipment to customers if required. |
