Category Archives: Logistics

Southern California Truckers Strike Enters Second Day | Transport Topics Online | Trucking, Freight Transportation and Logistics News

Truckers strike in SoCal. It’s about XPO and its practices. Maybe that is behind the merger.

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Weekly Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises as Carloads Decline 7.9% | Transport Topics Online | Trucking, Freight Transportation and Logistics News

Intermodal is up.

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East Coast refineries got 52% of crude by rail in February

A lot of oil is moving by rail. This will increase congestion on rail lines. And a lot of it is now moving on unit trains of 80-120 cars, and unloading in unit train terminals instead of car-by-car on manifest trains.  It’s the first time over 50% has moved by rail.

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EIA: East Coast refineries got 52% of crude by rail in February – Oil & Gas Journal.