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SHENGSHILogistics informationChart: Outbound Loaded Rail Container Volume – SONAR: ORAILL.USA, USARail intermodal container volumes loadedare reportedly down around 8% from the first quarter of last year, and more surprisingly, down 2020.5% from pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 7 –...

Numerous NS Derailments Cause Legislators to Scramble to Improve SafetyRail safety improvements are at the forefront of U.S. legislator’s minds after a second Norfolk Southern (NS) train derailed last Thursday, hours before NS president, Alan Shaw, was due to appear before the United States Senate...

Old Dominion says volumes have stagnated and pricing is being challenged. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)1XBeyondWordsShare prices of less-than-truckload carriers fell on Wednesday following Old Dominion Freight Line’s lackluster first-quarter result. The company said freight volumes have sta...

At the turn of the last decade, Amazon.com Inc. seriously planned to expand its delivery services to businesses beyond the retail sector. Then the pandemic hit, and those plans could go straight into their business wheelhouse, dealing a major blow to FedEx and UPS Inc., but were put on hold.The ques...

Despite employment skyrocketing in the last-mile sector in December, which was a major contributing factor to the overall increase in US transportation employment, the total growth fell short of economist’s expectations.The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimated 173,000 new courier and messe...