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New Railcar Design Aims to Reduce Industry's Emissions

Moving freight by rail is the most environmentally friendly mode of ground transport, with the average U.S. railroad moving one ton of freight 470 miles per gallon of fuel. 

Schneider Moving Western Intermodal Business to Union Pacific

Union Pacific is going to be the intermodal carrier for Schneider National in the western part of the U.S. beginning in 2023.

BNSF Asks for Court Intervention in Tussle Over Attendance Program

BNSF is asking a federal court to classify the railroad’s tussle with two rail unions over a new company attendance policy as a “minor dispute,” which would prevent the unions from striking.

UP Wants Help Combating 160% Spike in Thefts in LA

Union Pacific is pressing local and state officials to help it with a spike of robberies occurring on the railroad’s property in Los Angeles. 

Parallel Testing Autonomous Battery-Electric Freight Cars

Parallel, founded by three former SpaceX engineers, said the funding round is led by Anthos Capital, and includes investments from Congruent Ventures, Riot Ventures, Embark Ventures and others.

New From Blume Global: End-to-End Rail Freight Scheduler

Blume Global’s free-of-charge freight scheduler is “cloud-native digital platform” that allows intermodal users to better coordinate cross-country rail freight deliveries.

Happy New Year! STB Releases a New Rate Study

On Dec. 17, the Surface Transportation Board released a new rate study.

Canada Joins Mexico in Trade Spat With US Over Auto Content

Mexico requested the establishment of an arbitration panel on the issue on January 6 stating that US trade officials were being overly strict in their approach to calculating the regional value content of a vehicle.

Oil Prices Hit Seven-Year High on Rising Geopolitical Tensions

Crude prices rose to their highest level since the 2014 shale-induced oil crash, a milestone in a rally that is gathering momentum as geopolitical tensions threaten to knock supply.
 
High-Strength Steel Gondola. United States Steel Corp., Norfolk Southern and The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. have teamed to design a “sustainable, high-strength steel” gondola. Learn More: https://go.gbrx.com/gondola
 

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