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Joanna Marsh Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Shippers want STB to clarify what it wants from merger applicants

Canadian Pacific and CN note the end of the public comment period for CN’s proposed voting trust, which would be used to acquire Kansas City Southern. But in order for regulators to review the voting trust application, the Surface Transportation Board may need to clarify further the parameters for gauging whether a rail merger is in the public interest, some stakeholders say.

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Noi Mahoney Thursday, January 23, 2020

Transportation technology takes center stage on last day of NITL Summit

Freight industry innovators presented their ideas for the future of transportation and supply chains on the final day of the National Industrial Transportation League’s 2020 Summit. The panel of freight tech professionals discussed everything from artificial intelligence, 3D printing and blockchain, to how Generation Z interacts with technology. “There’s this explosion of data. One of […]

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Noi Mahoney Thursday, January 23, 2020

Trucking industry has cause for optimism despite challenges, insiders say

Cautious optimism was a common thread during the Highway Transportation Session at the National Industrial Transportation League’s 2020 Summit. The NITL 2020 panel discussion Tuesday featured executives from trucking and logistics companies discussing issues such as contract rates, trucking capacity, truck parking, driver retention, delivery demands and hours-of-service regulations. “Obviously 2019 was a challenging market […]

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Noi Mahoney Tuesday, January 21, 2020

For US ports, ‘gloves are back off and we are able to ship to China again’

Everything from driverless trucks, the U.S. tariff war with China and the growth of ocean ports was discussed during the opening day of the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) Transportation Summit in San Antonio. The 2020 NITL summit is being held through Wednesday. The summit brings together hundreds of professionals from across the freight transportation […]

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