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Revisitng the Heartland Corridor project 11 years later

It’s almost exactly 11 years since the “Heartland Corridor” opened for business, providing an intermodal link from the Port of Norfolk, Virginia to, as the name implies, the U.S. Midwest “Heartland” with Chicago as the nominal end point.

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It’s a matter of trusts… Kansas City Southern saga begins again

On August 31st, the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) rejected the “voting trust” proposed by the Canadian National Railway (CN) in its pursuit to procure Kansas City Southern (KCS) rail.

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Hong Kong’s trading future

Under the slogan “One Country Two Systems,” Hong Kong enjoyed more economic freedom than any nation in the world.

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Top 100 Containerports: Containerization’s great rebound…and why

There have been very few years in which global container throughput – TEUs handled by containerports – has failed to grow…that is until the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown global economies.

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CIT: Digitizing the chassis business

Make no mistake about it. The chassis business is tough. Keeping a chassis available and knowing where the chassis is (and has been) and what it will be doing next is difficult to track. Making sure that it is road-worthy requires constant care and attention to detail and doing that all cost effectively is challenging. That’s where CIT comes in.

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Demand for US agricultural products booming

The demand for U.S. agricultural products is booming. But the future may hinge on a fragile deal.

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Tide lifts all ships: MPVs boosted by dry bulk sector

The dry bulk shipping market is experiencing a boom market that extends from the largest classes of ore carriers down to even handy-sized carriers

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Super cycle: Dry bulk shipping making historic run

With May here, surprisingly the Baltic Dry Bulk Index (BDI) breached 3,000 points. It’s the highest the BDI has reached in over a decade. It’s no surprise that the underpinnings of the BDI surge are the demand in China. Still, the surge has many contributing, and potentially volatile, components. And the question is how long will the upside of the super cycle last?

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IT logistics providers provide big lift to stressed supply chain

IT logistics providers come in all sizes, come from various sectors and offer a dazzling array of services to supply chain practitioners.

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Guangzhou (Nansha) port inaugurates sea-rail transport service to Europe

Xinhua is reporting that Guangzhou Port, located in south China's Guangdong Province, on April 29th launched a combined sea-rail transportation service to Europe.

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