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
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
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 more
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 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 more
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
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
APM Terminals Elizabeth in New Jersey, USA, is looking to use its first port of call momentum to expand intermodal cargo volumes to and from the Midwest and Canada. Using a direct-to-rail landing zone section...Read more
The American port of Savannah has doubled its rail freight handling capacity at a stroke, adding nine more roads to its Garden City terminal. With a backlog of intermodal loads and almost half a million...Read more
A 13,000km-long railway line from China to the USA, running partially underwater to cover the Bering Strait. It would be the finishing touch of the Belt and Road initiative, as it would connect the world...Read more
