North-American rail

Service metrics are improving, but can CSX win back shipper trust while sticking to its late CEO's plan for precision scheduled railroading?

New ocean and rail services mark the return of the Port of Portland, Oregon, to regular container handling.

Acting CEO James Foote may have to reach out to disgruntled shippers in executing the late Hunter Harrison’s precision railroading strategy.

CSX said Harrison is taking a leave due to unexpected complications from a recent illness.

There’s plenty of innovation and potential pitfalls coming down the tracks.

Double stacking trains is more efficient than single stacking trains and increases the capacity and the economies of scale of each train.

CSX Transportation discontinued more domestic intermodal services in an overhaul to build cargo density amid peak season.

Savannah rail project promises two-day faster hinterland transits to Southeast and Midwest shippers.

CSX Transportation’s overhaul of its network ultimately may benefit shippers.

CSX is discontinuing international services as part of a broader operational overhaul.

The service also gives US importers a new option.

One of the so-called “truths” of the intermodal era is the inevitability of the transition to container, fueled by the “2 for 1” economics of double-stack.

Longer dwell times at terminals, slower trains, and an unresponsive customer service department are still roiling supply chains for CSX shippers.

As railroads decide to automate their intermodal transfer facilities, they will face challenges similar to what marine terminal operators have had to contend with.

The Port of Virginia is tapping into the growing Midwest market.

“Today the challenge is not the technology.”

West Coast ports compete harder for intermodal cargo, but rail pricing may be the key determiner.

Primary rail providers have said they are metering cargo even for routes that are operating normally.

Shortline, port operators are owned by the same investment group.

The US Coast Guard on Tuesday reopened the Sabine-Neches Waterway.

The reopening of terminals, repairs to rail lines, and moves toward more normal vessel operations are important steps in untangling supply chains twisted by Hurricane Harvey.

VTG, one of the leading European railcar leasing and rail logistics groups, posted improved second-quarter results.

Since March, parcel giant UPS has shifted at least some of its cargo from CSX to NS.

The new seven-day-a-week service was announced on Aug. 14 after a trial period with Hapag-Lloyd.

The new terminal, pulling in grain carloads from the western Canadian provinces and the US Midwest, will help alleviate equipment shortages for North American outbound moves.

More than 80 percent of CSX shippers surveyed have experienced problems with the railroad’s service.

Chicago-area draymen are charging shippers surcharges of $75 and even double that.

Port CEO Brandy Christian called the agreement a “win-win”.

The Canadian intermodal network has been bulking up as if on steroids.

The challenge with chassis shortages is that they are just as chronic and pervasive as they are nuanced.

Union Pacific brings domestic intermodal rail to the ICTF near LA-LB ports.

The future of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad has been a top concern of port officials and businesses for nearly two years.

US rail regulators have said they need more time and information before they can make any decision on a proposed freight rail line that backers say would bypass Chicago congestion.

The maintenance will help avoid derailments like the 25-car incident that occurred in Colorado’s Weld County this past January.

A new report by the Metropolitan Rail Freight Council looks at the upgrades to the area rail system that are needed to handle a forecast 35 percent jump in traffic flowing through the New York region by 2040.

Sometimes the normal statistics used to routinely gauge progress, although technically accurate, can provide an inaccurate impression.

North American intermodal shippers using Canadian National Railway’s Canadian network are preparing for potential delays.

The railway said it will do everything in its power to minimize impact to customers.

North American railways and trucking companies are in a bare-knuckle, low-margin fight for domestic intermodal cargo.

The addition of seven feet and four additional pallet locations to the container means a 13 percent payload increase.