Rail
The Port of New Orleans said it has reached a new 10-year lease arrangement with The Kearney Companies Inc., marking a milestone in the longstanding relationship between port, The Kearney Companies, and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad.The new consolidated lease agreement extends The Kearney Companies’ lease beyond the last 20 years, and includes four rail-served transit sheds located on France Road and a rail-served storage facility at Jourdan Road, ...
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CSX has unveiled its first hydrogen-powered locomotive, the result of a successful partnership between CSX and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, or CPKC, and demonstrates the company's commitment to innovation and environmental stewardship.The hydrogen locomotive was converted from an existing diesel locomotive using a hydrogen conversion ...
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Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero declared 2024 the “year of rail,” supported through investments by Class I railroads Union Pacific and BNSF, during his recent state-of-the-port address in January.Four port projects are in design or under construction at the Southern California container port, ...
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Bahri Logistics has entered into an international freight forwarding service agreement with Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR). SAR is the owner and operator of the railway networks in Saudi Arabia, which plays a pivotal role in supporting the goals of building an integrated transportation system. Under ...
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and BNSF Railway (BNSF), have announced the launch of Quantum, a breakthrough intermodal service that accommodates the service-sensitive highway freight needs of customer supply chains.
Quantum provides the consistency, agility and speed needed to transport service-sensitive highway freight using rail. ...
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$52.6 million award will fund critical portion of Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility
U.S. Department of Transportation officials have announced a $52.6 million grant to modernize critical on-dock rail capabilities and improve several key roadways aimed at speeding the flow of cargo through the Port ...
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A new environmentally-friendly locomotive will soon service the Jacksonville Port Authority’s (JAXPORT’s) Talleyrand Marine Terminal. The unit is one of eight locomotives nationwide being converted from diesel to battery-powered through funding provided by Kansas-based Watco Rail Services and a U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad ...
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Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah handled 49,115 containers by rail in August (approximately 89,000 TEUs), an increase of 6% over the same month last year. Intermodal cargo represented 21.6% of total containers, an uptick in that ratio of roughly 7% compared to ...
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Schneider National Inc. announced on April 21 that it will offer customers intermodal service on the newly merged Canadian Pacific Kansas City, which connects the upper Midwest of the United States and Mexico.Schneider will be a strategic intermodal carrier on CPKC’s north-south flagship intermodal service ...
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In 2019, the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay received a grant of $20 million through the BUILD program from the Federal government and matching funds of $5 million from the State of Oregon to complete a comprehensive rehabilitation program for 15 steel bridges along ...
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