Soy Transportation Coalition

Soy Transportation Coalition director says farmers diverting product from weak export market.

Shippers and others weigh in on the Surface Transportation Board approving the railroad merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.

The soybean associations say helping offset construction costs of AG Procressing’s terminal expansion at the Port of Grays Harbor will help soybean exporters in the long run.

Freight rail associations and shippers praise President Joe Biden’s efforts to modernize U.S. transportation infrastructure, but some are worried about how to foot the costs. Also, congressional leaders introduce bills on railcar recycling, highway grade crossings, and loans for rail and intermodal facilities.

Freight rail groups and others congratulate the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, on his nomination to lead DOT; also, U.S. weekly rail volumes rise nearly 5% year-over-year

Tight container market, COVID-19 pandemic concerns and sufficient network capacity are among top concerns of some grain shippers.

Infrastructure provisions passed the U.S. House of Representatives, but they may have trouble finding support in Republican-controlled Senate.

The smallest of the standardized ocean containers in the global fleet remains ideal for dense, heavy agricultural goods, forest products, and machinery shipments.

Other factors beyond the coronavirus pandemic are weighing on U.S. rail volumes for grain.

$360 million allotted to deepen the Port of Mobile and the Lower Mississippi River.

Competition from other grain-producing countries weigh on U.S. grain exports – and on U.S. rail volumes for grain.