Articles Tagged with ''rail transportation''

Zipline Logistics Bethany Cramer

Best practices for shipping refrigerated products via rail

Multiple new refrigerated (reefer) rail companies have entered the market in recent years, and existing service providers are investing more capital into developing and expanding their fleets and geographic reach.
Bethany Cramer
November 30, 2018
Making the switch from over-the-road to rail is not complicated, and the protocols for refrigerated truck and refrigerated rail are similar.
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Diversified Port Holdings rebrands to Patriot Ports

The Eagle that currently represents the rail companies will now represent the port entities, unifying the two transportation service organizations.
October 1, 2018
Diversified Port Holdings, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based parent company of Portus and Seaonus, rebranded to Patriot Ports.
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Greenbrier, Watco discontinue GBW Railcar Services venture

Greenbrier and Watco formed GBW in 2014 by combining their shops into a nationwide network of railcar repair facilities.
August 20, 2018
The Greenbrier Cos., Inc., Lake Oswego, Ore., and Watco Cos., LLC, Pittsburgh, Kan., announced plans to discontinue their GBW Railcar Services (GBW) railcar repair joint venture.
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Greenbrier acquires majority interest in Turkish railcar builder

Greenbrier's presence in Turkey, through its interest in Rayvag, continues its pursuit of growth by accessing global freight markets.
August 8, 2018
The Greenbrier Cos., Inc., Lake Oswego, Ore., completed an agreement between Rayvag Vagon Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Turkey, and Greenbrier's European subsidiary, Greenbrier-AstraRail, to take an approximately 68% ownership stake in the railcar manufacturer and provider of railcar repair and parts services.
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Report shows technology improves rail safety, reliability

U.S. railroads are their safest ever with mainline accidents down 32% over the last decade.
May 15, 2018
The Association of American Railroads (AAR), Washington, D.C., released a report highlighting how technology has made the rail network safer, more efficient and more reliable.
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Norfolk Southern, Plug and Play partner to drive innovation in supply chain logistics

Norfolk Southern joined Plug and Play’s Supply Chain & Logistics Innovation Platform to engage with startups focused on creating applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning, the industrial internet of things and advanced analytics in supply chains.
May 9, 2018
Norfolk Southern, Norfolk, Va., formed a strategic partnership with Plug and Play, Sunnyvale, Calif., to help drive innovation in supply chain logistics.
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project44 Rail visibility solution

Rail visibility solution

January 8, 2018
Chicago-based project44 launched a new rail visibility API intended to increase end-to-end information symmetry by eliminating the shipment visibility gaps across the American and Canadian rail networks.
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KCS announces new health, safety, environmental group

This group will consolidate occupational health, workplace and public safety and environmental functions under a single management.
October 17, 2017
Kansas City Southern (KCS), Kansas City, Mo., formed a new health, safety and environmental group within the operations department to consolidate occupational health, workplace and public safety and environmental functions under a single management.
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