A $124 million development plan is now in place to transform a significant portion of Oklahoma’s Ardmore Industrial Airport into a multi-modal logistics facility. WP Global Holdings—comprising Watco, Knightsbridge Partners and Chickasaw Nation—and property owner Ardmore Development Authority are leading the multi-phase effort under a public-private leasing agreement.
Savage, a Utah-based global infrastructure and supply chain services company, has opened a multi-commodity transload terminal in San Joaquin County, Calif., near Stockton.
In this episode of Rail Group On Air, RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with BNSF’s Alan Bloomquist about the BNSF Bridge No. 66.4 over the Little White Salmon River project.
Victoria County (Texas) Navigation District has selected TNW Corp. to provide rail operations for the Port of Victoria (POV) and to co-develop a planned multi-modal logistics facility.
Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Martin J. Oberman has called on the CEOs of the seven North American Class I’s to provide information on the extent of congestion at key U.S. container terminals and on their policies and practices for assessing container demurrage fees, citing reports of “substantial charges being levied by the railroads for container storage at these terminals.”
From the seven North American Class I’s and more than 600 short lines and regionals to the ancillary rail industry, women are making their mark. Hydie McAlister of Hempstead, Tex.-based McAlister Assets is among them. With no prior experience in the rail business, she recognized an opportunity for Class I rail-served industrial parks in her home state while meeting with an investor in 2015. And now she’s developed two with her business partner Sharon Beach.
Two new industrial properties on the BNSF network have been certified as part of the Class I railroad’s Premier Parks, Sites and Transload program, bringing the total to 29; they are located in Montana and Texas.
The Request for Proposal (RFP) process is now under way for program management/program controls services for the development of Port of New Orleans’ (Port NOLA) Louisiana International Terminal.
Transportation Technology Center, Inc., President Lisa Stabler has announced her retirement, after more than a decade of service at the wholly owned Association of American Railroads (AAR) subsidiary.
Most railroads operate through at least some mountainous territory along their lines, but perhaps no road faces a greater challenge than BNSF.