Locked out railway workers demonstrate outside of the CN Rail Brampton yard on August 22, 2024 in Brampton ON, Canada. Ian Willms | Getty Images Canada’s Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon announced at a press conference on Thursday that he had directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to review his request for binding arbitration and … Read more
A Norfolk Southern train is en route on Feb. 14, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. Earlier in the month a derailment sent millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment and forced thousands of people to evacuate. Angelo Merendino | Getty Images News | Getty Images Activist investor Ancora received a powerful endorsement in … Read more
Just days after CSX announced a new rail line in response to the Port of Baltimore closure, the Baltimore-bound containers that were diverted to the Port of New York and New Jersey are back being unloaded in Baltimore. “We will keep this in play for the duration of the port closure,” said Mark Schmidt, vice … Read more
CSX train at Seagirt Marine Terminal, Port of Baltimore. Baltimore Sun | Tribune News Service | Getty Images CSX is starting a new dedicated freight rail service between Baltimore and New York for its clients on Tuesday to help mitigate the trade disruption as a result of the closure of the Port of Baltimore after … Read more
The shipping container is a logistics marvel that can affordably move thousands of items from hundreds of different companies all around the globe. If there is a slowdown in shipping-container circulation, there could be massive supply chain bottlenecks. “The skill involved in containerization is moving that container from point A to point B and getting … Read more
The U.S., despite decades of research and studies, remains without authentic high-speed rail options. Since 1987, investors have attempted to introduce bullet train service to Texas. In 2014, a group organized under the name Texas Central launched the most recent attempt to connect Dallas to Houston with a bullet train that travels more than 200 … Read more
A China-Europe freight train returning from Russia arrives at a railway container freight center on September 20, 2023 in Manzhouli, China. Liu Wenhua | China News Service | Getty Images Shippers are scrambling to find alternative ways to transport goods from China to Europe in light of the disruption caused by attacks on the Red … Read more
