Watch: CSX Launches Train Inspection Portal No. 3
CSX on Feb. 28 reported opening its third train inspection portal, which is inspecting up to 20 trains per day on the busy main line at Walthourville, Ga., northeast of the Waycross terminal.
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Supply Briefs: Bohr Electronics, ABB, LTTS/Qualcomm/Thales
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Bohr Electronics lands an electrical cabinet contract from CSX as part of the Class I railroad’s locomotive rebuild program. Also, electrification and automation supplier ABB sells its Power Conversion division, based in Plano, Tex.; and Thales selects Bengaluru, India-based L&T Technology Services Ltd. to provide 5G-driven connectivity solutions.
STB Arbitration Program Sidelined
The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) arbitration program for small rate disputes will not go forward as written in its Dec. 19, 2022, rule.
For Port Tampa Bay, a New Transload Warehouse Facility
The CSX-served Port Tampa Bay in Florida has signed off on a 40-year lease with Tradepoint Tampa for 35 acres of land to build a new transload warehouse distribution facility.
People News: Balfour Beatty, CSX
Balfour Beatty appoints Mark Johnnie to COO and Kelly Phariss to Vice President of West operations. Also, CSX Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Diana Sorfleet has been named to Women We Admire’s Top 50 Women Leaders of Jacksonville for 2023.
Intermodal Briefs: Port of Baltimore, APM Terminals Mobile
ZIM Shipping Lines will increase service frequency and ship size at the Port of Baltimore. Also, APM Terminals Mobile targets U.S. Southeast and Midwest logistics growth.
CSX: Paid Sick Leave for BMWED, BRC, IAM, NCFO (UPDATED Feb. 14)
In a precedent-setting move for the railroad industry, CSX on Feb. 7 reached agreements with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC) for
CN, CP, CSX, UP Named to S&P Global’s 2023 Sustainability Yearbook
Class I railroads CN, Canadian Pacific (CP), CSX and Union Pacific (UP) have been honored in this year’s Standard & Poors (S&P) Global Sustainability Yearbook under the Transportation and Transportation Infrastructure category.
Hinrichs Leads Off Railway Age “Next-Generation Freight Rail” Conference
CSX’s new President and CEO, Joe Hinrichs, leads off Railway Age’s Next-Generation Freight Rail Conference. In a discussion with Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono, he’ll talk about the ONE CSX plan, which has
Transit Briefs: Amtrak, MTA Metro-North, Tri-Rail
Amtrak advances crew training for Mobile-to-New Orleans intercity passenger rail service. Also, Connecticut lawmakers eye electrification of MTA Metro-North Railroad’s Danbury Branch; and south Florida’s Tri-Rail commuter railroad saw January ridership grow 30% over the same month last year.