US chassis-makers join chorus of trade barrier advocates over 'dumping'
Since mid-January the US government has unleashed a strong push against trade flows with a ...
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By Ian Putzger
For long-suffering rail customers in the US, further grief is on the horizon.
From September 17, those which have to move traffic across Chicago on Union Pacific and CSX will face a costly slalom on nearly 200 routes.
The two Class One rail companies are scrapping transfers on 197 origin/destination pairs next month, after they failed to reach an agreement how to handle changes brought about by the eastern carrier’s shift to precision railroading.
As a result, shippers have to make their own arrangements ...
Comment on this article
Aaron
August 29, 2018 at 7:43 pmThe shipping industry needs a change.
Richard Hagemeyer
August 30, 2018 at 3:19 pmThe lead off paragraphs in this article could have been factually presented but was not. It is full of scare, fear and innuendo. As someone who has been in intermodal shipping in the US for 30 years, I realize that articles like this are way Europeans do not understand America’s freight rail system. The event discussed is an attempt by CSX to fix the problem this writer is shaking his head over. Oh well.
Lewis Johnson
September 18, 2018 at 2:24 pmLooks like the prices will be rising again.