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Union Pacific continues to adapt and invest to keep freight moving

AJOT | May 25, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Intermodal facility in Dupo, Illinois, provides example of the optionality shippers need

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North American Transborder freight up 23.8% in March 2022 from March 2021

AJOT | May 25, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

• Total transborder freight: $141.9 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 23.8% compared to March 2021. • Freight between the U.S. and Canada totaled $72.9B. Freight between the U.S. and Mexico totaled $69.0B. • Trucks moved $85.5 billion of freight, up 15.7% compared to March 2021. • Railways moved $20.2 billion of freight, up 20.9% compared to March 2021.

Rail traffic for the week ending May 21, 2022

AJOT | May 25, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Rail unions seek to push two-year-old labor talks to Biden
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Bloomberg | Top Story | May 25, 2022

Rail unions seek to push two-year-old labor talks to Biden

President Joe Biden and Congress could eventually be asked to resolve a long-running railroad-industry contract dispute if a federal intermediary grants a request by labor unions.
UK rail workers support national strike over pay and jobs

Bloomberg | May 25, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

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St. Louis-based tech start-up aims to help make railroads competitive for the next 200 years through new autonomous railcars

AJOT | May 23, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

FreightWeekSTL 2022 kicks-off with session highlighting Intramotev’s self-propelled railcar

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Etihad Rail signs three MoUs with European companies to exchange knowledge and expertise in the railway sector

AJOT | May 19, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

The MoUs are based on exchanging knowledge, expertise, and best practices in freight and passenger rail services and rail operations

Rail traffic for the week ending May 14, 2022

AJOT | May 18, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

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New Orleans Public Belt Railroad names Watson Bryant General Manager

AJOT | May 17, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Commission (NOPB), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), has named Tomeka Watson Bryant as its General Manager effective June 1, 2022. With this promotion, Watson Bryant, who has received industry-wide recognition, becomes the first African American woman to lead a short line railroad in the United States.

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Gates sells $940 million of CN Rail stock, trimming stake to 9%

Bloomberg | May 16, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Bill Gates sold about $940 million of Canadian National Railway Co. shares, trimming one of the largest holdings of the investment firm that controls his $117 billion personal fortune. 

MARS summer meeting to highlight ‘mutual success’

AJOT | May 12, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Rail traffic for the week ending May 7, 2022

AJOT | May 11, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Alstom is still haunted by troubled Bombardier acquisition

Bloomberg | May 11, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal | Rail

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TNW Corporation CEO testifies on behalf of Texas Short Line Railroads

AJOT | May 09, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

On April 26, Paul Treangen, CEO of TNW Corporation (TNW) and President of the Texas Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (TSLRRA), testified before the Texas House of Representatives’ Transportation Committee, representing the forty-one short line railroads in the state. The Texas Transportation Committee is currently conducting a study to assess current and future transportation needs and consider improvements to ensure Texas is adequately planning for the state’s population growth forecasts.

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