Domestic News
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Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Martin Oberman yesterday sent a letter to all Class Is expressing his concern over persistent problems with congestion in the international intermodal supply chain and significant container storage fees that some shippers are being required to pay in order to receive their containers. |
Parrish & Heimbecker (P&H) is planning upgrades to its facilities in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan. |
CSX and North Carolina Ports this month will begin a daily intermodal service between Wilmington and Charlotte. |
The pandemic has greatly accelerated existing consumer behaviors — such as online shopping — and changed upstream logistics trends, perhaps permanently. |
During the first quarter of 2021, U.S. soybean exports reached the second-highest value ever recorded at $7.7 billion, nearly double the same period last year. |
Some railroads have restricted container shipments into the key Midwestern freight hub as bottlenecks from a flood of container imports stretch inland from the West Coast. |
Freight rail doesn’t function without a strong workforce. |
International News
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The fourth quarter's proving to be another hot one for Greenbrier Europe. |