247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 29, 2019

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) recently reported that Class I railroads have made significant strides in its efforts to implement positive train control (PTC) on 83.2% The objective of PTC systems is to prevent train-to-train collisions, overspeed derailments, and incursions into roadway work limits.

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Carter Logistics

MARCH 30, 2018

The conference was so successful that it required the use of a second hotel in Desert Ridge to handle the exceptional group of transportation and logistics professionals from the food industry. One such option, BNSF, attended with Intermodal trucking providers. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Conference Center last week.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The pallets are then loaded onto trucks or planes for shipment, or stowed in large shipping containers, which are transported by ship, train, or truck. Freight is the actual bulk goods that are being transported. Ocean freight is, however, the slowest method of transport and must enter the country through a major port.

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Logistics Manager

APRIL 27, 2018

Especially in recent years in the logistics and container shipping industry, more and more of the focus has been placed on processes and costs savings and less on the people behind the scenes. As for services, the group handles general cargo, reefer cargo, project cargo, and intermodal transportation covering more than 500 ports worldwide.

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ShipLilly

APRIL 5, 2019

Intermodal and truckload rates have risen over the last 12 months. The trucking industry took a pit stop with the electronic logging devices but has returned to the main course. For rails, there has been an increase almost every week for the last year for intermodal volume and this should continue into 2019 and 2020.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Some of the “key principles” of Unified Plan 2020 cited by UP include: shifting the focus of operations from moving trains to moving cars; minimizing car dwell, car classification events, and locomotive power requirements; utilizing general-purpose trains by blending existing train services; and. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 10, 2018

While these service issues clearly presented internal challenges for the Class I’s and external issues for rail shipper customers, it is the opinion of one industry observer that having the Class I’s offering up these written responses does not really do a whole lot in terms of the big (service) picture. “I Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.

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