Pictured: CSX’s third train inspection portal from Duos Technologies.

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.

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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.

From Left to Right: Mark Johnnie, Balfour Beatty US Civils COO; Kelly Phariss, Balfour Beatty Civils Vice President of West Operations; and Diana Sorfleet, CSX EVP and Chief Administrative Officer.

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.

The now weekly E-Commerce Baltimore Express service will increase ship sizes by nearly 50%.

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 and UP have been named to S&P Global's 2023 Sustainability Yearbook.

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

Ahead of future service between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La., Amtrak engineers and conductors will soon begin required “familiarization” trips to learn the route’s physical characteristics.

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.

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