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MOD - Coverage from 2014 on Progressive Railroading
Freight News
- Long Beach port advances more congestion-relief measures
- AAR: North American rail traffic gains continued in year's 51st week
- AAR: All 10 U.S. carload groups netted gains in week No. 50
- FECR adds automated gate system at container facility; Tiger Cool Express installs Shurstad as vice chair
- CSX opens intermodal terminal near Montreal
- AAR traffic report: Railroads got off to a good start in December
- Montreal port remains driven to develop container terminal
- Three ports make management, governance changes
- Imports predicted to slow at major U.S. ports in December
- AAR: U.S. roads logged their ninth-straight monthly carload gain in November
- Rail supplier news from Vossloh, Kelso, Keolis, Siemens, Masabi and Gulf Intermodal (Dec. 3)
- Alabama, Houston port authorities award rail project contracts
- AAR: U.S. carloads ratcheted down heading into Thanksgiving week
- Freight access project near final stages at Washington state port; intermodal project near environmental review phase at California ports
- Carloads climbed in all three North American nations last week
- Ports: Congestion in Southern California; October volume records in Georgia, Virginia
- AAR: U.S. railroads' traffic gains continued in November's first week
- Infinity Transportation unveils refrigerated container service; Lineage Logistics expands cold storage facility
- IANA report: Strong domestic container traffic pumped up 3Q intermodal volume
- AAR: U.S. roads set intermodal volume records in October
- L.A. port reports progress in improving air quality
- Port Everglades eclipsed 1 million TEU mark in FY2014
- Washington state port advances rail corridor expansion project
- AAR: Last week's U.S. intermodal volume reached third-highest mark in history
- Pennsylvania DOT provides grants for 86 multimodal projects
- Louisiana port, Panama Canal Authority solidify alliance
- Illinois, Pennsylvania provide funds for ports
- Trends: Rail traffic remained at high ebb last week; rail-car orders reached high level last quarter
- Illinois inland port advances harbor project; Washington state port sells land for steel mill
- Long Beach port addresses supply-chain issues, notes September volume gain
- Watco, Great Northern develop North Dakota terminal; FECR, Port Miami launch intermodal service
- CSX holds grand opening for Florida intermodal terminal
- AAR notes strong rail traffic, 'restrictive' regs that could curtail network growth
- World Direct Shipping to launch Mexico-U.S. service at Florida port
- CSX broke four financial records in 3Q
- New auto berth opens at Baltimore port
- Import volume at major U.S. ports to reach record level in October, Global Port Tracker predicts
- AAR: All 10 U.S. commodity groups posted traffic gains last week
- Ports: Seattle and Tacoma commissions forge alliance; Savannah authority set to begin harbor deepening
- Florida, South Carolina ports continue to prep for Panama Canal expansion
- BNSF Logistics recognized for Intermodal 101 course by human capital firm
- U.S. roads scored seventh-straight monthly carload gain in September
- Intermodal institute's board adds five members
- AREMA awards annual Hay award to UP for Santa Teresa intermodal facility
- AAR: U.S. railroads broke one-week-old intermodal volume record
- Rep. Lowenthal unveils sustainable freight infrastructure bill
- University of North Texas students win IANA's 'intermodal challenge'
- Long Beach port reduced emissions for seventh-straight year in 2013
- Intermodal: CN honors shippers' sustainability efforts; FECR acquires more equipment
- August intermodal volume varied at ports in three states
- AAR: U.S. roads set new weekly intermodal volume record
- Florida East Coast Railway introduces express intermodal service
- BNSF to discontinue Fresno-to-Chicago intermodal service in early December
- Another week, another traffic gain for U.S. railroads
- MPO study calls for developing a transload facility in Des Moines
- Pennsylvania DOT seeks applicants for multimodal funding program
- U.S. railroads made several more traffic strides in August, AAR says
- Fick to succeed Yoshitani as Seattle port's CEO; CPG to serve inland Charlotte terminal
- Pembina Pipeline to build propane export facility at Portland port
- Maryland DOT pulls plug on pact, funds for proposed CSX intermodal facility in Baltimore
- Washington state port signs pact to lease cars in North Dakota; Alabama port authority acquires land to expand container business
- Valero reopens ethanol plant at Indiana river port
- Health benefit terms reached for next longshoremen contract
- U.S., Canadian railroads marked traffic gains in year's 33rd week
- New Orleans port contracts Hard Rock Construction for intermodal terminal project
- July volumes mixed at L.A. ports; first-half volumes rise at Vancouver port
- Infrastructure work under way for Illinois port; distribution center on way at California port
- Panama Canal turns 100
- AAR: U.S. roads made more traffic strides in 32nd week
- Georgia ports set container volume record in July
- Global Port Tracker: Import volume might set record in August due to lingering labor issue
- KCS installs Hansen as VP of intermodal, Bozung as AVP of KCSR's mechanical operations
- Cold Train suspends express intermodal service from Washington state
- Weekly U.S. rail traffic averages hit high-water marks in July, AAR says
- IANA: 2Q intermodal volume grows by largest margin in three years
- New York-area port authority broke cargo record in first half
- U.S. railroads continued to net traffic gains in July's last full week
- Schneider to expand bulk intermodal trailer service in North America
- AAR: U.S. rail traffic continued to post gains in July
- ATA report: Trucking's share of freight to grow, rail's share to shrink through 2025
- Ports: June volume gains in California and South Carolina; new AAPA chair
- Yuhuang Chemical to build partially rail-served methanol plant at Louisiana port
- AAR: U.S. roads registered traffic gains in week 28
- Rail developments emerge at four U.S. ports
- Latest weekly rail traffic data, monthly transportation index confirm freight gains
- Global Port Tracker: Longshoremen contract dispute is driving up container volumes
- West Coast Reduction expands rail capacity at Vancouver port
- AAR: U.S. railroads hit several traffic highs in June
- AAR: U.S. roads top weekly intermodal volume record a second time
- KCSR begins to build intermodal facility in Texas, assigns Elmore to AVP post
- AAR, IANA co-develop educational sessions for Intermodal EXPO 2014
- U.S. roads set intermodal volume record in year's 24th week
- L.A.-area ports pumped up volumes in May
- UP tweaks West Coast-Chicago intermodal services, wins Lowe's top rail award
- Long Beach port considers on-dock rail incentive
- Virginia port maintains record volume pace; L.A. port installs Seroka in top post
- U.S., Canadian rail traffic jumped up in June's first week
- Georgia, Florida ports continue to prep for larger ships
- American port association to honor 21 ports for communication efforts
- L.A. harbor commission OKs $350 million in FY2014-15 for capital work
- Global Port Tracker report: Potential labor disruption drives June import volumes
- AAR: Weekly U.S. carload, intermodal averages ascended to high levels in May
- Florida East Coast to open container transfer facility at Port Everglades next month
- Maryland port earns 'presidential' award for export efforts
- North American rail traffic gains continued in May's third week
- Ports: Expanded NYK Line service on tap for Jacksonville; night gate operations on slate for Vancouver
- CSX: Mainline in place for Quebec terminal; unit-train facility pegged for Ohio agriculture campus
- UP set to open major intermodal facility in New Mexico
- North American rail traffic remained at high ebb last week
- Expansion complete at B.C. rail terminal; Vancouver port ponders bigger container terminal
- Southern California ports' container volumes accelerated in April
- BNSF, Ferromex to offer intermodal service between Chicago and Silao, Mexico
- Virginia port's volume maintains record pace
- Alabama port authority to purchase two parcels for intermodal expansion needs
- ATA report: Trucks increased share of domestic freight tonnage in 2013
- Jacksonville port breaks ground for CSX-served intermodal facility
- AAR: U.S. roads ramped up traffic in April
- May gain projected at major U.S. ports as dockworkers negotiate new contract
- L.A. port sizes up project's environmental impacts; New Orleans port sets ship-size record
- Trailer gain bested domestic container growth in Q1, IANA says
- North American rail traffic registered gains in April's last full week
- TCI Plastics to build rail-served logistics facility at New Orleans port
- AAR traffic report: Carloads climbed for all North American roads in 15th week
- KCS set Q1 revenue record due to strong grain, ag products business
- UP set four first-quarter financial records despite winter's adverse conditions
- Foxx's 'Invest in America' tour includes stop at NS intermodal facility in Ohio
- Ports in Georgia, Maryland set new cargo records
- North American railroads netted traffic gains in Week 14
- Pennsylvania DOT seeks applicants for new multi-modal funding program
- North American railroads notched traffic gains in March
- CSX, UP open new intermodal terminals
- CSX's annual report stresses strategic objectives
- KCS promotes Mitchell to AVP; intermodal institute installs DeWitt as executive director
- U.S. rail traffic ramped up last week
- 'Very low potential' for derailment at Washington state port, TUV Rheinland study shows
- CSX: Opening date for Florida terminal, state honors for Ohio terminal
- Developers schedule public meeting to review Pennsylvania container facility project
- U.S. rail traffic rebounded last week
- New Orleans port forges representation pact with Samsara Shipping in India
- Schneider National introduces new logo
- Jacksonville port lands export log business; Long Beach port logs volume drop for February
- February port volumes: Up in Norfolk, down in Los Angeles
- U.S. rail traffic was mixed again in year's 10th week
- CSX: Old Man Winter to take a bite out of 1Q earnings; Sease to head corporate communications
- Container volume to surge in March, Global Port Tracker predicts
- L.A. port commission seeks executive director candidates
- AAR: U.S. intermodal volume grew for the 51st straight month in February
- Crest Container Lines to help CN, Halifax port build business in India
- Federated Railways acquires Cold Train intermodal service
- AAR: U.S. rail traffic ramped back up in week 8
- Container volumes tumbled at Tacoma port, rose at Virginia port in January
- CSX tunnel project earns engineering honors
- Houston and Vancouver ports set container records in 2013
- Foxx, Biden help mark ARRA's fifth anniversary by touring inland Illinois port
- U.S. rail traffic registered another drop in year's seventh week
- Work resumes on Panama Canal's third lock set
- California port OKs UP rail-welding facility; Florida port advances CSX-served ICTF
- Three U.S. ports posted volume gains, one registered drop in January
- South Carolina port continues to drive up intermodal rail volume
- North American rail traffic was mostly on the decline in week No. 6
- Florida East Coast posts progress on Port Everglades' new container facility
- Portland port expects rebound in 2014; South Carolina ports earn emission-reduction award
- AAR: U.S. railroads registered good traffic-building month to start 2014
- Strong 4Q capped off 'banner year' for intermodal volume, IANA says
- Freight-rail constituents form coalition to bolster Great Northern Corridor
- Fewer grade crossings would boost freight-rail efficiency in Northeast Florida, study shows
- IANA, AAR release Hatch's white paper on intermodal progress
- AAR: North American rail traffic registered gains in 2014's fourth week
- CN registers record revenue and volume in 2013, logs income gain in 4Q
- Foxx tours site of Pacific Harbor Line's new L.A. yard
- ICTF work to soon begin, end at Florida ports
- Several North American ports posted volume gains in 2013
- Carloads climbed in all three North American nations last week
- Virginia port broke rail container record in 2013
- L.A.-area ports pumped up volume in December
- U.S., Canadian rail traffic tumbled in year's second week
- Indiana port bests quarterly volume record; Texas port forges business-development pact
- Coal-business crunch continued to pinch CSX's financial results in 4Q
- Seattle port elects co-presidents, preps for CEO departure
- U.S. roads notched intermodal volume record in 2013, AAR says
- IANA elects officers, adds directors for 2014
- UP initiates Texas-Tennessee intermodal service
- Tampa port enters pact with major auto processor
- AAR: U.S. rail traffic ramped up in 2013's last week
- Tacoma port elects new officers
Transit News
- PANYNJ 2015 budget includes capex for PATH stations
- MBTA opens Salem Intermodal Center; NJ Transit to serve new Princeton station
- CTA set to begin work on three stations as part of Blue Line modernization
- Design-build team selected for Amtrak intermodal station in Rochester
- Groundbreaking held for Niagara Falls intermodal station
- All Aboard Florida unveils plans for Miami station
- CTA unveils first phase of modernization project, Red Line extension environmental steps
- Virginia rail department slates meeting for multi-modal alternatives analysis
Articles
- Rail grinding: Seven suppliers talk technology, techniques and trends
- Compressed natural gas-powered hostlers at intermodal facilities help fuel CN's sustainability drive
- CSX focuses on three intermodal projects to prepare for traffic growth
- Parts for BMW's South Carolina plant drive up auto business for Norfolk Southern
- Rail intermodal: A compelling, yet complicated second quarter
- For Class I railroads, the second quarter represented the best and worst of times (by Tony Hatch)
- New Anaheim intermodal center to open in November
- Union Pacific Railroad music video series celebrates opening of New Mexico intermodal facility
- Union Pacific Railroad banks on a new terminal near the Mexico border to drive up intermodal business
- United Parcel Service handles a lot of freight at its large Louisville air hub — and more cargo is on the horizon
- Railroads will set another capex record in 2014. But will what they spend be enough?
- United Parcel Service expects a rail-service rebound after a 'disappointing' 2013
- BNSF banks on crude oil, domestic intermodal to build rail traffic and raise revenue