Shippers can now locate rail-accessible transload facilities on Patriot Rail Company’s 23-state network using Commtrex’s online marketplace, the short line holding company reported Feb. 26. The Commtrex platform will simplify railroad-shipper communication,
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Track maintenance equipment and services provider Loram takes delivery of Rail Vision Ltd.’s monitoring and obstacle detection system for yards. Also, Wabtec Corporation achieves ISO 27001 certification; and Eco-Energy, LLC partners with Commtrex to deliver outsourced logistics and fleet management services throughout North America.
Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer (TBT) terminal in Elizabeth, N.J., has ranked No. 1 on the Commtrex Top 10 Transloading list.
Railinc, in collaboration with Commtrex, now offers LMaaS (Logistics Management as a Service)—outsourced logistics and fleet management services—to customers.
Norfolk Southern (NS) has signed on with Houston, Tex.-based Commtrex to help connect shippers with its 32 transload facilities in the United States.
Kansas City Southern (KCS) has signed on with Houston, Tex.-based Commtrex to help connect shippers with its more than 100 transload facilities in the United States and Mexico.
Intermodal’s growth path may help railroads sustain COVID-19 recovery. “Participants from Class I railroads were positive on current trends and cautiously optimistic that these trends can continue for the remainder of 2020 and beyond,” Cowen and Co. analysts Jason Seidl (Managing Director and Railway Age Wall Street Contributing Editor), Matt Elkott and Adam Kramer reported, following their attendance and participation at the North East Association of Rail Shippers (NEARS) Fall 2020 Virtual Conference. “Continued tightness in trucking is benefiting intermodal.”
CN has signed on with Commtrex to offer shippers one-stop access to its rail network and transloading distribution services across Canada and the U.S.
