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Oregon Looks to Build West Coast's First Ship-to-Rail Port Terminal

Roughly two million import and export containers are expected to move through the Port of Coos Bay each year once the new terminal is up and running.

Photo: Port of Coos Bay

Busiest U.S. Trade Hub Beat Pandemic Cargo Record in Q3

The LA and Long Beach ports, which together account for roughly a third of all U.S. container imports, each had their busiest ever peak season.

Port of Long Beach. Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg

Crane Collapses After Collision with Cargo Ship in Keelung Port

Port authorities are working closely with the terminal’s management to ensure the port’s operations can resume normal activity as quickly as possible.

Photo: iStock/Sean Pavone

Uganda Plans $600M Rail Line to Connect Proposed Port

The line will connect with a €2.7 billion ($2.9 billion) track that will link Uganda’s capital of Kampala to Malaba at the border with Kenya.

Photo: Bloomberg

Ferromex, Union Pacific Suspend Grain Shipments into Mexico After Derailment

Although the track at the derailment site has been reopened, the permit suspension will remain in place until the current train lineup is cleared.

Photo: iStock / ablokhin

Turkey Turns to World Bank to Finance $4B Railway Project

The railway would cross the Yavuz Sultan Selim suspension bridge, one of the longest and widest of its kind in the world.

Passenger ferries sail on the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. Photographer: Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg

ILA Workers Strike for First Time in 47 Years

The strike affects ports with the combined capacity to handle as much as half of all U.S. trade volumes.

Photo: iStock.com/SandraMatic

Biden Administration Presses Freight Railroads to Offer More Paid Sick Days

Over the past two years, the share of Class I freight railroad employees who are provided paid sick days surged from 5% to 90%.

A CSX conductor climbs aboard a freight train. Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg

Pair of U.S. Railroads Halt Grain Shipments into Mexico Over Backlogs

BNSF stopped issuing permits for trains carrying grain into Mexico between August 21 and September 20, before extending the policy through September 30.

Victorville, California. October 2015. Photo: iStock / Angel Di Billo

‘Stuck in Neutral’: Why Are Domestic Intermodal Volumes Lagging?

Why isn’t intermodal commanding a bigger share of the domestic freight market?

Photo: istockphoto.com/portfolio/adibilio

Longer Freight Trains Have Created 'New, Heightened Safety Risks'

The NAS report estimates that the average train length increased by roughly 25% between 2008 and 2017.

Photo: iStock / JHVEPhoto

New CEO Wants Norfolk to Move On After ‘Brutal’ 18 Months

George said he plans to draw on his experience with factory floor productivity and quality control strategies to improve Norfolk Southern’s operations.

Huntsville, Alabama. Photo: iStock.com/sshepard

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