Rail & Intermodal
Railroad strategy, service, pricing, terminals, intermodal capacity, equipment, infrastructure and network performance.
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Tightening Truck Capacity Is Reshaping Shipper Strategy: Why Mini-Bids, Dedicated Capacity and Intermodal Are Gaining Ground
Truckload pricing is rising even as freight demand remains uneven. Here is how mini-bids, dedicated capacity and intermodal are reshaping shipper procurement.
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The Next Freight Squeeze May Be Inland: Intermodal Demand Is Testing Rail Capacity
Stronger ocean volumes are feeding into a less flexible inland network. Union Pacific’s capacity actions suggest some shippers could encounter tighter allocations and higher costs before a nationwide rail bottleneck…
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Rail & Intermodal · Regulation & Safety · Regulation, Infrastructure & Risk · Technology & OperationsCourt Upholds Two-Person Freight-Train Crew Rule, Raising the Bar for Rail Automation
The Eleventh Circuit preserved the FRA’s two-person freight-train crew rule—a strategic constraint on rail automation and labor models, not an immediate capacity shock.