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As the next step in its ongoing efforts to increase safety at railroad crossings, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released a list of railroad crossings in the United States where multiple incidents have occurred in recent years. The list includes 15 crossings where 10 or more incidents have occurred over the last decade.
“Knowing where repeat injuries and fatalities occur helps states focus their time and ...
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JAXPORT's newly completed Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) at Dames Point is being used in support of a high-level military training exercise this month in advance of its official opening to commercial container movements later this year.
Prior to the start of the ICTF’s ...
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Germany's federal government has gotten the message that good infrastructure translates to good trade. Recently, the German government announced plans to invest nearly US$300 billion as part of its national infrastructure plan, or Bundesverkehrswegeplan.
The budget is nearly US$100 billion less, however, than the last Bundesverkehrswegeplan ...
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The Port of Rotterdam Authority has announced that it is going to redirect approximately 4 kilometers of the port (or first) section of the Betuwe Route. As a result, the railway line will no longer run over the Caland Bridge, so that shipping and rail ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) are seeking public input during the next 90 days on the impacts of screening, evaluating and treating rail workers and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers for obstructive sleep ...
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Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) is launching EZ Buy, a new online price quote and booking system for customers to ‘buy’ door-to-door intermodal transactional freight connecting the Southeast U.S. markets to the South Florida markets. Users receive access to dynamic price quotes, while having the ...
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As of March 1, Deutsche Bahn's rail freight business has been renamed DB Cargo and will use the DB logo going forward. The name of the corresponding legal entity will change from DB Schenker Rail AG to DB Cargo AG. All the companies in Germany ...
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Watco Cos. LLC, the Northern Nevada Development Authority and Gateway Commerce Center announced in early February a new intermodal rail center and industrial park will be constructed near Hazen, Nevada.
The long-awaited rail center is set to move forward in Lyon and Churchill counties. Watco will ...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) released its first “State of the Industry Report” in January that focuses on the key challenges, accomplishments and innovations within the freight railroad industry. This initial, five-chapter edition details the industry's investments in new technology and innovation that are ...
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A BNSF intermodal train departs the Port of Los Angeles after taking on freight from the CMA-CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container vessel ever to visit a US port. The ship, which can carry nearly 18,000 20-foot containers, docked in Los Angeles on Dec. 26. ...
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