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FTR’s Tranausky Provides Overview of Freight Railroad and Intermodal Markets

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Logistics Management and Peerless Media Supply Chain Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Todd Tranausky, FTR Transportation Intelligence Vice President of Rail and Intermodal.


Recording Date/Time
Thursday, July 15, 2021 11:40AM
Podcast Duraton
00:24:18 hrs/min/sec

Topics covered in this podcast include: the current state of the rail carload and intermodal markets; the CN-Kansas City Southern merger; railroad service and PSR (Precision Scheduled Railroading); the outlook for Peak Season; and the recently-issued White House executive order, which focuses on promoting competition within the American economy. 

Todd Tranausky serves as FTR Transportation Intelligence Vice President of Rail and Intermodal, a position he has held since 2018. He previously was Argus’ North American transportation editor, responsible for overseeing the quality of Argus’ existing transportation reports and leading the company’s new product development in this area.

Before he was promoted in January 2015, he was responsible for editing the weekly Argus Coal Transportation newsletter along with overseeing the Argus Rail Business publication that focuses on rail and shipper dynamics, critical rate data, rail costs, and regulatory and operational issues in the rail industry. Todd also assessed rail and barge rates for the movement of petroleum products for the Argus Petroleum Transportation Report.


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Jeff Berman is Group News Editor for Logistics Management, Modern Materials Handling, and Supply Chain Management Review and is a contributor to Robotics 24/7. Jeff works and lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he covers all aspects of the supply chain, logistics, freight transportation, and materials handling sectors on a daily basis.
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