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Safety Advocates Warn Against Trump's LNG `Bomb Train'

President Trump wants to allow natural gas to be shipped in railroad cars, a move that would open new markets hungry for the fuel but could risk catastrophic accidents if one were to derail.

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Inland Ports: Relief from Trucking Challenges

Inland Ports: Relief from Trucking Challenges

Mexico Protester Blockages to Roads, Rails Have Cost More Than $50M

Teachers’ protests in the central state of Michoacan in Mexico have virtually detained all shipping by railroad in some parts of the country.

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Kansas Rail Company Breaks Up a Bottleneck at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Kansas City Southern launches a United Cargo Processing Facility to speed up the movement of trains at the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo border crossing.

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The Top Five Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

This year's first-place entrant, Intel, is huge — and problems there can be just as big.

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Hurricane Florence: Auto, Packaged Food Supply Chains at Risk

Heavy rains assaulted North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Thursday as Hurricane Florence continued to lumber toward the East Coast, still carrying the threat of a deadly 13-foot ocean surge and flooding rains that will drench the state.

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Rail Industry Looks to 3-D Printing to Keep Old Trains Moving

Advances in 3-D printing have been hyped in a number of futuristic applications, like cutting-edge applications in airplane design or parts of rocket engines. But 3-D printing is also making strides in railroads, which hasn’t been considered new-fangled since the 19th century.

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Port of NY and NJ on Expediting the Movement of Cargo

Challenge: Shippers are facing the challenge of how to expedite the movement of their cargo at a time when need for speed, efficiency and reliability is greater than ever.

New York City Invests $100M in Freight Infrastructure Overhaul

New York City announced a $100m plan called Freight NYC to overhaul the city’s aging freight distribution systems through strategic investments. The plan was developed by the de Blasio administration, federal, state and local elected officials, and industry experts.

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Companies Spent a Record $1.5Tr on Shipping Costs in 2017

U.S. businesses are spending more on transportation and warehousing as demand and prices for logistics services increase.

As Shipping Costs Soar, Supply Chains Get a Makeover

Retailers and manufacturers are taking stock of their transportation costs and exploring alternatives as a capacity crunch in freight is driving up prices and causing shipping delays.

The Use — and Misuse — of Incoterms

When people say, “Incoterms are simple, pick one and use it in all your contracts,” it should be clear they really don’t understand them, and can’t use them to the advantage of their company.

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