Rail

Beijing rail owner weighs $1.9 billion Hollysys bid

Bloomberg | March 15, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Norfolk Southern launches industry-leading carbon calculator

AJOT | March 14, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Maersk’s Teamsters Canada Rail Conference strike action contingency planning update

Rail Traffic for the Week Ending March 5, 2022

AJOT | March 09, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail | By The Numbers

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Fertilizer maker Nutrien asks Canada to halt rail strike

Nutrien, the world’s biggest crop-nutrient producer, said it wants the Canadian government to stop a strike at one of the nation’s largest railways, because the disruption could potentially lead to smaller harvests.

Canada rail-strike threat latest disruption to fertilizer supply

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Bloomberg | Top Story | March 02, 2022

Canada rail-strike threat latest disruption to fertilizer supply

A labor dispute at one of Canada’s largest railways is threatening to further disrupt global supplies of fertilizer just as farmers need key nutrients to plant spring crops.

Rail traffic for February and the week ending February 26, 2022

AJOT | March 02, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Missouri Eastern Railroad commences rail operations

AJOT | March 02, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Missouri Eastern Railroad (MER), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jaguar Transport Holdings (Jaguar), began rail operations on March 1, 2022. In January 2022, MER acquired approximately 42 miles of track located in the western portion of the St. Louis metropolitan area. In February 2022, it acquired leasehold rights to approximately 9 miles of adjacent track owned by Union Pacific. MER's operations run from just west of Union, Missouri to Overland, Missouri where it interchanges with the Terminal Railroad of St. Louis.

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Mace, Comtech and SYSTRA awarded delivery partner contract for largest transit infrastructure program in Canadian history

AJOT | March 01, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Mace, Comtech and SYSTRA, working as the MCS consortium, have announced it has been awarded the contract of Program Delivery Partner to support Metrolinx’s GO Expansion program. MCS will establish a program level management regime to integrate all aspects of the GO Expansion program through the development, implementation and continuous improvement of program-wide systems, processes and procedures in order to support ‘Best for Program’ decision making, subject to Metrolinx’s governance, policies and procedures.

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Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid and Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed witness the connection of Abu Dhabi and Dubai with a direct railway

AJOT | March 01, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

The railway length is 256 km and required 47 million hours of work

Tech gear maker warns conflict is blocking China-Europe railway

Bloomberg | March 01, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

UAE’s $14 billion railway project links Abu Dhabi with Dubai

Bloomberg | March 01, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Belarus hackers allegedly disrupted trains to thwart Russia

Bloomberg | February 28, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Ukraine conflict adds to supply-chain woes as firms halt work

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Bloomberg | Top Story | February 25, 2022

Ukraine conflict adds to supply-chain woes as firms halt work

International companies from cigarette makers to auto manufacturers and beverage bottlers are shutting down production in Ukraine as Russian armed forces roll into the country, adding further strain to fragile global supply chains.

FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index continued to improve in December to a -6.9 reading

AJOT | February 25, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

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Kalmar’s new high-capacity electric reachstacker to be field tested by CargoNet, Norway’s leading rail-freight operator

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a one-year agreement with Norwegian rail operator CargoNet covering the field-testing of a Kalmar Electric Reachstacker. Following the conclusion of the agreement, CargoNet has the option to continue with regular commercial operation of the machine. The agreement was signed in January 2022 and the machine will be delivered to CargoNet in Q1 of 2023.