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Mason Mega Rail breaks ground

The Georgia Ports Authority broke ground on its $126.7 million Mason Mega Rail Terminal on March 26. The expansion will increase the Port of Savannah's rail lift capacity to 1 million containers per year, and open new markets spanning an arc of cities from Memphis to St. Louis, Chicago to Cincinnati.  "Today is a great day for Georgia and the nation," said Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. "Not only will this new ... [+]

Northern Ohio & Western Railway Receives CSX Award for Dramatic Growth in 2017

OmniTRAX, Inc., one of the largest privately held transportation service companies in North America and an affiliate of The Broe Group, received the 2017 CSX Short Line Development Award for the Northern Ohio & Western Railway, LLC (NOW) at the 2018 CSX Short Line Workshop ... [+]

CSX Sticks With Harrison’s Plan To Cut Jobs, Reduce Trains

CSX recently affirmed that it would stick with former CEO Hunter Harrison's plan to cut jobs and rail cars, and slash capital spending: U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp said on March 1 that it would stick with a plan started by former Chief Executive Hunter Harrison, who ... [+]

Vancouver Energy Project

 Gov. Jay Inslee has rejected the site certification application for the Vancouver Energy project at the Port of Vancouver USA. “After considering the record in this proceeding, I concur with the Council’s unanimous recommendation to reject the application,” the Governor wrote in a letter to Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council Chair ... [+]

POLB Releases Rail Facility Study

The Port of Long Beach has released the final study for a proposal to redevelop a rail yard within the Harbor District to move cargo faster and with fewer environmental impacts. The proposed Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility would shift more cargo to “on-dock rail,” ... [+]

AAR Rail Traffic for 2017, Week ending Dec. 30, 2017

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 30, 2017, as well as volumes for December 2017 and all of 2017. U.S. railroads originated 998,168 carloads in December 2017, up 2.5 percent, or 24,606 carloads, from December 2016. U.S. ... [+]

Harris Leaving OmniTRAX Board for CSX Position

OmniTRAX, Inc., one of the largest privately held transportation service companies in North America and an affiliate of The Broe Group, announces that Board Chairman Edmond Harris is resigning after being named executive vice president of operations at CSX Corporation. Both the ownership and executive ... [+]

Port of Portland Announces Rail Service to Assist Shippers

The Port of Portland has worked to create another new option for moving container freight by way of a railway partnership at Terminal 6. Starting the first week of January, shippers can move their product on a rail shuttle to the Puget Sound ports. The new ... [+]

FBJNA appointed agents for Multimodal Americas

  Multimodal Americas is North America's only one stop shop for shippers and cargo owners looking for new suppliers and ways to improve their businesses by finding new methods of moving their products more efficiently.   It will be held in Toronto Canada, October 16 - 18 ... [+]

GPA Approves Projects to Expand Rail, Gate Capacity

On the heels of reporting 32% growth in containerized trade for October, an all-time record for Savannah, the Georgia Ports Authority approved rail and gate expansion projects that will significantly increase capacity at GPA’s Garden City Terminal – the single largest container terminal in all ... [+]

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