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Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Targets Passenger Rail, But Freight Will Benefit, Too

With President Biden assigning a high priority to funding the development of infrastructure, the time for a substantial buildout of U.S. rail capacity might finally be here — at least on the passenger side.

A CSX Corp. freight train passes a railroad crossing gate in Covington, Kentucky. Photo: Bloomberg.

End of Suez Snarl Marks Beginning of New Stress on Global Trade

The Ever Given leaves in its wake several weeks or months of disruptions across a world economy where the pandemic revealed both the sturdy backbone of global trade and an Achilles’ heel.

A container ship sails at dusk. Photo: Bloomberg

Podcast | Women in Logistics 2021: A Rail Industry Pioneer

Meet a woman of color who has broken down barriers in the railroad industry — among many other accomplishments.

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CP Rail’s CEO Makes the $25 Billion Deal His Mentor Wouldn’t

Canadian Pacific Railways’s Keith Creel for years followed in the footsteps of Hunter Harrison, an industry legend whose revolutionary efficiency strategy became the standard at all the major North American railroads.

Keith Creel, chief operating officer of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Photo: Bloomberg.

CP Rail Agrees to Buy Kansas City Southern for $25 Billion

Canadian Pacific Railway is aiming to create a 20,000-mile rail network linking the U.S., Mexico and Canada in the first year of those nations’ new trade alliance.

A Canadian Pacific Railway train leaves Hardisty, Alberta, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg.

Podcast | A Look at the Southern California Supply-Chain ‘Meltdown’

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, along with supporting distribution facilities and infrastructure in the area, are suffering from severe congestion. What’s the cause — and the solution?

Freight trucks idle at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Major Exporters Take Unusual Steps to Ease Container Shortage

Some of the world’s biggest exporters in Asia are intervening to alleviate a shipping container shortage that jeopardizes their overseas trading.

A dockworker monitors a shipping container being loaded onto a freight train. Photo: Bloomberg.

Rails Tout Climate Edge Over Trucks, Wooing ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden

U.S. freight railroads are trying to take advantage of a train enthusiast president who’s concerned about global warming with a lobbying campaign depicting their industry as a solution to climate change.

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The Near-Shoring Trend: Will China’s Loss Be Mexico’s Gain?

As a favored source of low-cost manufacturing for U.S. markets, Mexico seems to come and go.

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Shippers Need Alternatives to West Coast Port Congestion

In this conversation with SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman, Jason Totah, president of Odyssey International Services, Inc., discusses alternatives to bringing cargo through overtaxed West Coast ports.

Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Seattle Ports Offer Relief for L.A. Bottlenecks

The trade gateways in the U.S. Pacific Northwest are standing out for their calm relative to the congestion bedeviling ports from Los Angeles to Savannah, Georgia.

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How the Inland Port Can Better Connect U.S. Supply Chains

As we aim to build more resilient supply chains, we must rethink space, process and workforce development. Each of these factors converge at the inland port.

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