News / Truckers bite into the rail operators' share of North American intermodal traffic

NS train

By Alexander Whiteman

26/01/2017

Intermodal traffic on North America’s railways lost out to cheaper trucking alternatives last year.

More haulage capacity opened up, pushing full-year revenues at intermodal operators down across the board.

Of the six major North American railroads, only Norfolk Southern (NS) and Canadian National (CN) reported volume growth. The Warren Buffet-owned BNSF does not report its numbers

Union Pacific (UP) experienced the biggest dent in its intermodal revenues, which tumbled 9% year-on-year. At Canadian Pacific (CPR) and Kansas City Southern (KCS), the declines exceeded 5%; while CN, ...

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