Rail News

There’s still plenty to concern shippers in 2017 when it comes to trucking and intermodal rail.

The “capacity crunch” is a myth.

Chennai’s rail share in the first three fiscal quarters through the end of December slipped compared with 2015.

From consolidation and alliances to a new president and regulatory environment, 2017 will introduce new challenges and opportunities. In a roundtable discussion with JOC.com, three shippers discuss their biggest concerns in the year ahead.

Both companies now contend they are not receiving an equitable portion of the revenue from their partnership.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is struggling to convince shippers to shift freight to intermodal rail from trucks.

Union Pacific Railroad will gain control of assets throughout the United States as a result of its deal with Railex.

Food shippers have taken a particular interest in using the rail services made possible by the new line at Port Bronka.

Shippers have asked Russia’s competition regulator to investigate what they describe as a system of bribes and close business ties that results in some shippers receiving better treatment than others.

Weak demand has eroded domestic shipping rates, and may also have slowed the steady increase of rail transportation of ocean containers.

Authorities at India Port Rail Company Ltd., which is tasked with developing last-mile rail projects connecting major ports, met this week to take stock of the progress on investments under way.

Poor service by the Russian rail monopoly RZD is dampening shipper enthusiasm for Asia-Europe rail services.

Shippers want the rail industry to try a slew of new approaches, but those changes may not materialize.

Rail-road tariff equalization put in place this month is spurring Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust shippers to use intermodal trains rather than trucking.

As ocean freight rates rise and remain unpredictable, Russian shippers are switching tracks and increasingly using rail transport to get goods from China.

The only one of the four main terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey that does not have an on- or near-dock rail link will soon get one.

Tariff Authority for Major Ports has tentatively approved Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust’s proposal to equalize rail and truck handling rates, driving down the costs of rail and up those for trucking.

Draft rules to sharply curb outbound direct investment would impact investment in overseas port and logistics assets under the country’s Belt and Road program.

The new rule is above and beyond the published average train speeds that shippers and industry analysts have been relegated to rely on for years. Although those figures are an indicator of service reliability, they in no way provide a comprehensive appraisal of rail service.

Russia’s competition authorities are weighing punishments for road and rail operators found guilty of anticompetitive practices.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust wants to cut the costs of using rail and increase the rates for trucking in order to close the traffic gap between the two modes.

Surcharges have long been a subject of acrimonious debate between ocean transport service providers and shippers.

There are potential favorable impacts of the political earthquake in the form of the incoming Trump administration.

Effort aimed at luring hinterland shippers away from trucks.

A new intermodal container transfer facility at the port of Jacksonville is positioning the Florida gateway to move more cargo to the US Midwest.

City officials have dropped the idea of selling the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, but are continuing to explore the possibility of a public-private partnership for the short line that handles switching for the port’s six Class I railroads.

Container Corporation of India has slashed its tariff for the movement of containers from the Ludhiana Container Depot, a major northern hinterland point, to Mundra Port.

The Association of American Railroads wants the White House to freeze pending proposals at the Surface Transportation Board, including a proposed rule backed by rail shipper groups.

VTG’s profit continued to surge into the third quarter on the back of a successful refinancing and synergies from an acquisition.

BNSF and Kansas City Southern railways are launching a new joint cross-border intermodal service, a bet that the new Trump administration won’t upend the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Shippers have generally welcomed the new approach.

Chennai Port Trust has extended a plan to lower rail costs.

Shippers have "more questions than answers" about the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which is increasingly likely to be rewritten under President-elect Trump.

Lawrence H “Larry” Kaufman, who provided authoritative reporting and analysis of railroads and transportation for The Journal of Commerce and other publications during a diverse career spanning more than 50 years, died Tuesday in Golden, Colorado.

Russian auto and railway carriers will soon adopt a new contracting system meant to provide shippers with long-term pricing certainty and increase infrastructure investment, but some shippers are concerned about the new system.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has struggled to increase the share of rail used to get containers out of its facilities despite a slew of efforts to do so.

The Russian government’s decision to subsidize imports from China arriving via rail will cut costs and result in faster transit times.

The so-called “freight recession” continues to weigh down demand, volume, and pricing.

There are signs that shippers expect truckload and domestic intermodal rates to creep higher in early 2017.

It’s a sign that the so-called “freight recession” that’s softened demand, volume, and freight rates may outlast the calendar year.