STB Taps Moyer to Coordinate Passenger Rail OTP Efforts

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has selected senior staffer Neil Moyer to coordinate preparation efforts as it takes on new intercity passenger rail on-time performance (OTP) responsibilities.

BNSF’s Arkansas Intermodal Facility Reopens

BNSF has resumed operations at its Harvard Intermodal Facility in Marion, Ark., to unlock capacity and meet growing demand in the greater Memphis, Tenn., region.

KCS Reschedules Stockholder Meeting for Sept. 3

Kansas City Southern (KCS) stockholders will now vote on the “definitive merger agreement” with CN on Sept. 3, 2021, KCS reported.

Port of L.A.’s Seroka on ‘Sustained Import Surge,’ Supply Chain Reaction

July 2021 was the 12th consecutive month of year-on-year growth at the Port of Los Angeles. “This remarkable, sustained import surge is pushing the supply chain to new levels,” Executive Director Gene Seroka said on Aug. 17.

STB Issues Chicago Union Station Rent Decision

The Surface Transportation Board has resolved a long-running dispute between Amtrak and Metra, deciding that the Chicago commuter rail agency must pay $10.67 million annually for use of Amtrak’s Chicago Union Station.

Will STB Take Up Reciprocal Switching?

Shipper associations in early August met with Surface Transportation Board (STB) members to answer questions about STB’s options for advancing Ex Parte 711 (Sub-No. 1), reciprocal switching.

Commentary

Why STB’s Inquiry Is a Public Service to Intermodal Shippers

Jim Blaze takes a technical look at the Class I’s responses to the STB’s inquiry on intermodal from his experience dating back to 1968.

KCS + CN or CP: Timeout Called

Yet another potentially game-changing moment for Kansas City Southern in the railroad version of the Super Bowl—the merger tug-of-war between rival Canadian teams, taking place on the Surface Transportation Board playing field before head official Marty Oberman, this one not entirely unexpected: The KCS board has called a timeout (postponed) the Aug. 19 shareholder vote on accepting or rejecting CN’s power-play* offer until the STB rules on the CN/KCS voting trust. Will Canadian Pacific pull off a hat trick?*

AAR Warns STB About ‘Unintended Consequences’

In responding to Surface Transportation Board Chair Marty Oberman’s July 22 letter to the Class I railroads requesting information on the extent of congestion at key U.S. container terminals and on their railroads’

BNSF to STB on ‘Maintaining Supply Chain Integrity During Periods of Heightened Volumes’

BNSF President and CEO Katie Farmer on Aug. 4 responded to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman’s July 22 letter to Class I railroad CEOs requesting information on the extent of congestion at key

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