The Port of New Orleans’ (Port NOLA) Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal is resuming service Sept. 7, following the Port’s restoration of limited cargo and vessel operations beginning Sept. 2—just four days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a category 4 storm.
The Railway Tie Association (RTA) Executive Committee has named Nathan (Nate) Irby, Ph.D., as the association’s next Executive Director.
The Association of American Railroads, plus CSX and Union Pacific, are calling on the Surface Transportation Board to deny a Petition for Rulemaking that would update the demurrage and accessorial rules governing the railroads’ use and handling of privately owned freight cars.
Although Union Pacific was the first Class I railroad to implement a supplier diversity program nearly 40 years ago, the company hadn’t spent much time over the last few years performing outreach to identify and onboard new suppliers. In 2020, we placed a new emphasis to make our supplier diversity program world-class.
Union Pacific’s (UP) articulated 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” No. 4014—one of the largest and perhaps most famous steam locomotives ever built—was equipped with Positive Train Control (PTC) before embarking on its tour this summer to celebrate railroad heritage and the communities UP serves.
Union Pacific’s EMD 710 and 645 series locomotives can now run with a higher biodiesel fuel blend content.
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.
Union Pacific employees have teamed, system-wide, to support safe operations as wildfires continue across the West Coast. Communication is key.
Union Pacific (UP) is onboarding Allegiance Coal’s new mine near Jansen, Colo., as part of a long-term agreement to export metallurgical coal into the Asian and South American markets.
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.