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While long life society constitutes progress in terms of healthier, better and longer lives, it is also associated with higher pension and health expenditures to an extent that threatens the [...]

Transportation Services Prospects for these industries depend heavily on the course of the economy. Stiffer competition and higher fuel prices promise a period of turbulence for the air transport industry. [...]

China is slightly larger than the U.S. and, like the U.S., puts heavy reliance on rail for movement of much of its goods both internally and from overseas points. Yet [...]

New equipment orders from lessors, railroads and shippers are giving railcar suppliers reason to celebrate for the first time since the Great Recession settled in two years ago. The increase [...]

Big questions surround the future of the East Coast as a port range as we finalize the agenda for the The Journal of Commerce's 5th Annual East Coast Maritime Conference, [...]

As rail executives peer through the fog of uncertainty around the economic outlook for the rest of the year, many find their intermodal business lighting the path ahead. Demand for [...]

Rail freight data is flashing new warning signals about the strength of industrial demand for raw materials even as intermodal traffic expands. For some shippers, that may indicate their fears [...]

Demand for future rail capacity appears to be as clear as mud. As railroads try to calculate how much equipment and staff they'll need for the recovery, some shippers are [...]

By David Hannon With volumes down and regulation looming, one would think the Class I railroads would be doing all they can to satisfy their list of customers. But market [...]

By David Hannon While rail freight volumes in the U.S. are down, the tensions between rail shippers and carriers are high, as more shippers pursue complaints about captive shipper rate [...]

Staff Rail demand in North America is catatonic and there are few reasons for optimism based on current activity levels, says analyst Randy Cousins at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto. [...]

Last week in this space we made the point that railroads, in stark contrast to truckers, have years of productivity improvements ahead of them, a trend that, over time, should [...]

Norbridge consultant Dean Wise made an important observation about the future of freight transportation in a conference call with investors earlier this month. His basic point, one with long-term implications [...]

Chairman, president and chief executive www.bnsf.com As the U.S. economy faces historic challenges, railroads will not be immune to the impact of this slowdown. While the lower volumes will create [...]

President and chief operating officer www.kcsouthern.com In 2008, we look forward to further realizing the opportunities available on the North American rail network. Continued growth in the U.S. and Mexican [...]

Railroads had conflicting results in their intermodal operations last year. Intermodal volume declined for the first time since 2001, but the Class 1 railroads were still able to raise their [...]

Driver, equipment shortages may stunt freight recovery The 'R' word was heard frequently at this month's annual conference of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Economists differ on whether [...]

The concept is not new. It is simply what Class 1 railroads have been looking forward to for years: A consolidation of their users into a single destination, with a [...]

GDP reports plus regular surveys on employment, consumer confidence and industrial production are well-known economic indicators. But less-visible measures are also a good gauge. Note these positive signals: *The volume [...]

The rail industry's decision to exit the trailer market could leave thousands of trailers stranded, scaling back shippers' options during a busy period that could top last year's peak season. [...]

From a modest beginning, a small Columbia River bulk and breakbulk port is making a strong bid for containerized cargo, at least of the domestic variety. The Port of Longview, [...]

Intermodal volume grew 8.3 percent in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the first quarter last year, more than three-and-a-half times the rate of carload traffic, which grew 2.3 [...]

Union Pacific will keep its freight trains out of densely populated areas of Texas under an agreement announced this month by Gov. Rick Perry, who described the deal as an [...]

The year is less than two months old but the new year did nothing to slow down momentum in intermodal business. After record growth in 2004, robust intermodal volumes in [...]

After a brief lull, U.S. railroads got back on track during February's first week. The roads boosted carloads 9 percent to 335,416 units and increased intermodal loads 9.9 percent to [...]

Railroads are maximizing the contribution of every transportation slot to their bottom line through aggressive yield-management and pricing programs in 2005 -- and that means no relief for shippers from [...]

The chief of Florida East Coast Railway said that the company's rail unit expects to see continued carload growth from diverse sources. Robert Anestis, chairman and chief executive of parent [...]

An $8.7-million fund was recently allocated by the Texas Department of Transportation for the second phase of a preliminary study for the Lone Star Rail project. The fund will be used to pay for a preliminary engineering study and for an environmental assessment. Meanwhile, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs blocked the release of the $182-million fund that will be used for improvement and rail relocation.

Union Pacific Railroad's service has gotten so bad, ocean carriers say, that when ships dock at West Coast ports, the ship lines divide their containers into three categories--those that must [...]