Parallel Systems deploys automated platooning railcars
Parallel Systems publicly showcased for the first time its platooning operation with autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles on 20 December. Separate Parallel railcars connect with each other through bumper-to-bumper contact and are able to form platoons...Read more
US-Canada Task Force highlights need for greater rail cooperation in EU
The announcement at the COP28 summit in Dubai last week that the US and Canada have set up a Rail Decarbonization Task Force to develop a common vision for reducing emissions has prompted calls for...Read more
Can there be an India-Middle East-Europe corridor without Turkey?
ANALYSISThe recent confirmation of the US and EU-led plan to establish an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, which will also be of great rail transport and logistics significance, has received the first backlash. Turkey’s President Recep...Read more
G20 confirms US and EU ambitions for major new Eurasian corridor
The recent G20 summit in India functioned as a platform to unfold the ambitious plans of a new economic and transport corridor in the context of the G7-EU-led Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment initiative....Read more
US-China competition increases in Africa with rail in its epicentre
ANALYSISA more cautious Chinese policy for rail infrastructure investments in Africa and a rebound interest in them by the US might see the two states racing each other to build rail links and secure the...Read more
When rail turns into leverage: U.S. ramps up international investments
ANALYSISFor years, China has been the leading investor in many countries in the context of the BRI, which sees cash flows in foreign markets primarily taking the form of rail and infrastructure investments. The EU...Read more
CPKC gets 1,000 new reefer containers for US-Mexico services
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), the newest rail freight company in the United States, added 1,000 53-foot reefer containers for its Mexico Midwest Express (MMX) intermodal service. With this addition, the company’s fleet is more...Read more
Will the US Senate approve the Railway Safety Act?
The US Senate Committee on Commerce approved the Railway Safety Act (RSA) of 2023 on Wednesday 10 May. This bill includes higher safety standards and harsher penalties for companies responsible for accidents. The next step is...Read more
Major rail project in Middle East, US leverage against China-Russia
ANALYSISJake Sullivan, the White House National Security advisor, met with his Saudi, Emirati and Indian counterparts and discussed a joint railway project linking the Middle East to India via a railway network crossing Saudi Arabia,...Read more
Ohio derailment aftermath: EPA launches internal investigation
US weekly updateThe Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will initiate an inquiry to analyse the agency’s response to the disastrous accident in Ohio last February. The OIG will...Read more
US: rail workers to rally outside Capitol and all around the country
The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) said that rail workers will rally in front of the US Capitol on Tuesday, 13 December, between 1 and 3 pm (GMT -5). The initiative will take place to address...Read more
US: House of Representatives wants to force a deal on the rail industry
A massive rail strike in the United States is around the corner and politicians in the country cannot seem to find an agreement that would satisfy all parties involved. Workers and unions are asking for...Read more
More rail unions vote in the US, a reason to smile?
After the first and only so far disapproval of the US government’s deal to resolve the dispute between railway carriers and unions, six more votes show that railway workers might, in the end, accept the...Read more
First rejection of Biden’s deal brings strike clouds on the US horizon again
The tentative deal proposed by US president Biden to resolve a labour dispute between railway carriers and unions has received its first rejection. More than 50 per cent of BMWED’s members, the country’s third-largest rail...Read more
President Biden seeks to ward off national strike by US railway workers
US President Joe Biden is seeking to ward off a national strike by railway workers, which could begin later this week and potentially wreak havoc on the country’s supply chains.Read moreUS rail authority proposes new two-person crew rule to enhance train safety
Rail operators in the US will be required to maintain two-person crews under a proposed new rule by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to enhance train safety.Read more
Amazon eyes greater rail freight presence in the US
Amazon is looking to strengthen its presence in the rail freight space in the US by opening the capacity of its fleet of 53-foot intermodal containers to other shippers.Read moreUS Emergency Board seeks resolution to rail freight disputes
Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) order signed by US President Joe Biden last month has averted the immediate threat of strikes in the sector. Still, longer-term, there appears to be little sign of a resolution to...Read more
Drone films freight train derailment in the US
VIDEOOn Saturday morning, a freight train derailed near Somerset Lane and Parkside Road in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. One of the freight cars of the Canadian Pacific train ran off the rails, derailing a tanker and seven...Read more