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The new agreement highlights how Savannah, along with a handful of other U.S. ports, are tapping intermodal rail networks connected to inland hubs

The continued closure of at least one railway line and a highway disrupted the flow of containers to and from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles Friday in the fourth day of a savage wildfire wreaking havoc in the northeast Los Angeles area.

DP World views containerized rail as a bright spot in the emerging Asian economy.

A major North American intermodal group isn’t expecting a dramatic rebound in business next year.

A wildfire northeast of Los Angeles continued to disrupt the flow of containers to and from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles Thursday, but road and rail traffic was less affected than Wednesday, officials said.

The Chinese Olympic team wasn’t the only group of visitors from the manufacturing powerhouse in Brazil this month.

The Blue Cut wildfire, which cut off road and rail traffic in the Cajon Pass, northeast of L.A. and the Inland Empire, is causing shipping detours and delays.

Shippers can now tap a new door-to-door intermodal rail service connecting the U.S. and eastern Canada.

The move will help G&W, a railway highly dependent on now-slumping carload traffic, tap into an intermodal customer base via connections to Class I carriers moving cargo to and from the East Coast’s busiest port terminals in New York and New Jersey.

State-owned Container Corporation of India’s net earnings slumped by double digits in the first fiscal quarter.

The so-called freight recession in North America may soon be coming to an end.

Drayage bottlenecks have long been a drag on growth at Chennai.

Although Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has maintained shippers are increasingly turning to rail instead of drayage, an analysis of the latest port traffic data collected by JOC.com paints a different picture.

BNSF Railway will appeal last week’s California Superior Court ruling that the environmental impact report on a proposed near-dock rail yard is inadequate.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is boasting of seamless gate operations and greater efficiency, bringing smiles to shippers.

U.S. freight projects this year received their lowest share ever from the TIGER federal grant program.

A teacher union blockade of freight rails in Mexico that trapped 4,000 thousands of containers in the key port of Lazaro Cardenas, and also some in Manzanillo, preventing them from moving in and out of the port, is over.

Shippers and railroads disagree about the merits of a new proposal from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board over so-called “reciprocal” or “competitive” switching.

SLIDE SHOW: Wind power shipments have emerged as one of the key growth sectors in breakbulk and project cargo shipping.

Deutsche Bahn’s restructuing efforts to restore profitability are beginning to show results.

BNSF has 60 days to decide whether to appeal latest court ruling involving the Southern California International Gateway.

The railway, Canada’s largest, said that traffic figures took a hit from weakened demand, but business was also curbed by challenges at Port Metro Vancouver.

Looking beyond the broader market, Hub Group sees share gain, more volume ahead.

Norfolk Southern railway’s results paint the near-final brushstrokes on the grim landscape that Class I railroads faced in the second quarter.

Russia’s container trade continues to rebound, sparking an intense competition between truckers and railroads.

The company is among North America’s largest providers of outsourced ocean container freight station services.

Container Corporation of India is aggressively ramping up its intermodal reach into Krishnapatnam Port.

Angry Mexican teachers are blockading some of the country's railways, leaving thousands of containers stranded.

India's road, rail and inland waterway systems have suffered from years of neglect and underinvestment, adding to freight delays and logistics costs.

The Port of Baltimore is not giving up on a project to raise the Howard Street tunnel enough to allow the passage of double-stacked freight trains.

"I think if you look at the absolute volumes, they are not strong,” Eric Butler, UP’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer, said.

Canadian Pacific Railway’s financials took a hit in the second quarter.

CSX Transportation and the state’s port authority on Tuesday detailed two new projects there aimed at fueling more cargo through the ocean gateway and onto the rails, and vice versa.

Kansas City Southern Railway found the second quarter a dud for intermodal volume growth.

Inland ports are helping retailers cover supply chain gaps generated by growing e-commerce demand.

Economic indicator shows no sign of inventory destocking in May.

Truck drivers who have been using a secondary access road to reach a major intermodal complex outside Chicago have been forced to cope with longer turn times, fewer trips and higher costs — but a solution is in the works.

Efforts to attract new intermodal business were not enough to slow the loss of volume and profit at CSX Transportation.

The city of New Orleans is again exploring the sale of the port’s switching railroad.

A U.S. trade group has launched its own online portal to boost efficiency in the drayage sector.