Archive for September 19, 2017
South Carolina port hosts giant ship, announces dredging contract
(source: Progressive Railroading 09/15/2017) The South Carolina Ports Authority yesterday welcomed to Charleston Harbor the CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, the biggest ship to transit the Panama Canal and call on U.S. East Coast ports. The 1,200-foot CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt — which has a capacity of 14,400 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) — arrived on the heels of…
Read MoreHouse bill would create new freight infrastructure fund
(source: Progressive Railroading 09/18/2017) U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) last week reintroduced legislation that would establish a competitive grant program designed to boost the efficiency and capacity of the U.S. freight network. H.R. 3769 calls for the creation of a new freight fee — a 1 percent tax assessed on the cost of ground transportation in…
Read MoreUP streamlines six business units, merges four subsidiaries
(source: Progressive Railroading 09/19/2017) Union Pacific Railroad is consolidating six major business units and four subsidiaries as part of a restructuring of its marketing and sales organization to address “evolving customer needs,” the Class I announced late last week. The business units are being consolidated into four: agricultural products, energy, industrial and premium. The agricultural products…
Read MoreNorfolk Southern on hot seat after house fire
(Source: Commonwealth Journal, September 19, 2017) SOMERSET, Ky. — A home on Cox Lane in Tateville was destroyed by fire Saturday evening. No one was injured in the blaze, but some people connected to the incident say that emergency response was hampered by a slow-moving Norfolk-Southern train blocking the best entrance to the area. Full…
Read MoreOpinion: Unions offer equal opportunity
(Source: Letter to the Editor by retired BLET member Joan Bockholt, published in the Las Vegas Sun on September 18, 2017) LAS VEGAS — My union was the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and it guaranteed that I made the same hourly wage as any male engineer. The job you were able to hold and the…
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