Rail carloads, at 992,452, were down 7%, or 74,172 carloads, compared to September 2018, and intermodal units, at 2,054,025, slipped 6.4%, or 140,161 units, annually. Source: logistics Mgmt
The National Association of Chemical Distributors’ (NACD) recent industry surveys on rail use and issues during 2018 and the first half of 2019 has yielded some interesting observations about transportation management. Source: logistics Mgmt
Through the first six months of 2019, U.S. rail carloads––at 6,552,218––were down 2.9%, or 195,168 carloads, compared to the first six months of 2018, and intermodal units for the same period––at 6,924,261––fell 3.2%, or 229,247 units. Source: logistics Mgmt
Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) introduced legislation with an eye on creating a dedicated revenue source that will direct more than $100 billion over a ten-year period to rebuild crumbling United States infrastructure and to also bolster the national economy from a competitive perspective. Entitled “The National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act,” Lowenthal’s office said that this bill serves as a continuation of the success of the FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act in ensuring what it called continued investment...
Rail carloads, at 262,011, were down 0.9%, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 264,130, fell 3.9% annually. Source: logistics Mgmt
Earlier this week, the United States Senate voted to confirm two new Commissioners to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers. Source: logistics Mgmt
Total November volume, at 1,574,805 units, was up 3.6% annually. International, or ISO, containers saw the highest rate of growth, rising 4.8% to 780,420. Source: logistics Mgmt
Rail carloads, at 267,000, headed up 0.3% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 303,225, saw a 5.7% annual gain. Source: logistics Mgmt
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