Bottlenecks at all major rail facilities in Chicago, Columbus, and Los Angeles have caused delays in picking up and delivering containers. Chicago's rail facilities in particular are severely congested due to dwelling containers and a lack of available chassis. To alleviate congestion, some vendors have begun closing facilities for multiple [...]
Terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are worried that longer rail container dwell times at their facilities will jeopardize their ability to accommodate import volumes during what is expected to be an early peak season this summer. Rail Power Challenges The longer containers sit at [...]
Last Friday, May 14th, the Mississippi River reopened after all traffic was stopped three days earlier, due to a crack found on the Interstate 40 bridge. The shutdown led to a pileup of about 1,000 barges, impeding shipments of goods such as corn and soybeans as well as imported steel [...]
Chassis shortages are affecting the majority of Class I railroads throughout Dallas, Chicago, Memphis, and Kansas City. When this occurs, shippers are unable to transport their containers out of facilities promptly, leading many railroads to stack boxes on the ground until the necessary gear becomes available. This issue, paired with [...]
Inbound freight coming from the U.S. East Coast is backlogged as Norfolk Southern’s Landers intermodal yard, located in Chicago, fights to handle an extremely high volume of ocean containers coming from both U.S. coasts. East Coast shippers who use Norfolk Southern railway are reporting delays that are lasting weeks. In [...]
On March 21st, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) announced that they have entered into an agreement to merge with Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS). When finalized, the result will be the first rail network connecting Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. The proposed new name for the company is Canadian Pacific Kansas [...]
In the United States, there are defined guidelines for both local and Interstate highway systems that regulate how much weight any set of axles on a motor vehicle may carry. U.S. Federal Law states that single axles are limited to 20,000 pounds and axles spaced more [...]
Due to a severe winter storm, which began February 11th , a Federal Emergency Declaration was approved by the White House on February 14th for the State of Texas. Millions of Texans have been without power since early Monday morning and the outages spread beyond Texas into areas in Ohio, Mississippi, [...]
U.S. Railway Delays Freight moving through U.S. railways are facing delays lasting several days and sometimes weeks. Issues related to inclement weather and surges of import cargo, from peak season holiday shipping, are just some of the contributing factors adding to congested freight yards causing delays. On December 1st, a [...]
