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AAR reports mixed carload and intermodal volumes for April
Posted 05/03 · 07:25 AM · LM Editorial
April carloads—at 1,108,722—were down 4,640 carloads or 0.4 percent annually. Intermodal—at 962,019 trailers and containers—was up 15,053 units or 1.6 percent compared to April 2012.
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IANA reports a 4.5 percent gain in total Q1 intermodal volumes
Posted 05/02 · 09:43 AM · LM Editorial
In the first quarter edition of its Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics Report, the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) said this week that total first quarter intermodal container and trailer movements—at 3,682,049 trailers and containers—were up 4.5 percent annually.
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BNSF CEO Rose highlights importance of supply chain in national and global economy
Posted 05/01 · 11:06 AM · LM Editorial
BNSF CEO Matt Rose discusses myriad facets of supply chain in a wide-ranging keynote at last week's NASSTRAC Annual Conference.
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AAR reports mixed carload and intermodal volumes for week ending April 20
Posted 04/26 · 08:02 AM · LM Editorial
Carload volume—at 276,662—was down 2 percent annually, and intermodal—at 240,698 trailers and containers—was up 0.6 percent.
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AAR reports annual volume gains for week ending April 6
Posted 04/12 · 09:27 AM · LM Editorial
Carload volume—at 280,748—was up 3.7 percent annually, and intermodal—at 231,648 trailers and containers—was up 0.2 percent.
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VOTE NOW! We need you to vote in the Politico Poll by April 12, 2013
Posted 04/11 · 12:26 PM · LM Editorial
As the Chairman of NASSTRAC’s Advocacy Committee, in concerns me when a shipper asks the following: “Why should I get informed, engaged and involved in what is happening in the transportation industry?”
March 2013 rail and intermodal volumes are mixed, says AAR
Posted 04/05 · 08:58 AM · LM Editorial
March carloads—at 1,117,427—were down 5,969 carloads or 0.5 percent annually. Intermodal—at 933,028 trailers and containers—was up 4,859 units or 0.5 percent compared to March 2012.
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Norfolk Southern, CSX optimistic about 2013 outlook
Posted 04/02 · 10:18 AM · LM Editorial
A few weeks shy of their respective first quarter earnings announcements East Coast-based Class I railroads Norfolk Southern and CSX are feeling pretty good about their businesses.
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AAR reports weekly carload and intermodal gains for week ending March 23
Posted 03/29 · 08:38 AM · LM Editorial
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported this week that United States carload and intermodal volumes followed last week’s lead and were both up—rather than the months-long trend of mixed—for the week ending March 23.
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Moving crude oil by rail story could be more than a chapter or two
Posted 03/28 · 11:14 AM · LM Editorial
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported in February that U.S. Class I railroads originated a record 233,811 carloads of crude oil in 2012, representing a 256 percent gain (not a typo) from the 65,751 carloads of crude oil originated in 2011.
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