by Canadian Sailings Admin | Oct 2, 2022 | Other Stories, Rail
Hapag-Lloyd is to begin installing new real-time tracking and telemetry devices across its fleet of standard containers at the end of August. This will entail investment of around $250 million across the shipping line’s 1.6 million boxes. While many reefer containers...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Oct 2, 2022 | Other Stories, Rail
Amid broad relief that a crippling strike had been averted at the eleventh hour, US Class I railways moved to ramp up their operations again. For now, industrial action is off the cards, but it is not clear if labour groups may decide to call a strike owing to...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Keith Norbury, Rail
Canadian Pacific Railway’s pending acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway will enhance competitiveness in the North America supply chain, says University of Manitoba professor Dr. Barry Prentice. “First of all, I think it’s a really good thing because it does...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Keith Norbury, Rail
Canada’s two Class 1 railways got off to a rough start in 2022. But in first quarter 2022 earnings calls, representatives of both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific expressed optimism that their fortunes would turn around during the rest of the year. That...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Ian Putzger, Rail
The US Surface Transportation Board (STB) is getting impatient with the large rail carriers and has issued a ‘notice of proposed rule-making’ in a bid to speed up solutions to service delays. According to the agency, part of the proposal is to make it clear that STB...
by Canadian Sailings Admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Rail
CN announced that it has appointed Tracy Robinson as President and CEO and as a member of its Board of Directors, effective February 28, 2022, following the previously announced retirement of Jean-Jacques (“JJ”) Ruest, who has departed CN’s Board on February 28, 2022...
