Union Pacific (UP) and nonprofit Safe Kids Worldwide will expand their partnership over the next three years with new initiatives to “raise awareness, educate families, and prevent rail-related injuries and deaths involving children,” they reported.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will install new rail-cargo scanning systems at 12 rail ports of entry on the U.S. southern and northern land borders.
Union Pacific (UP) has recognized 63 chemical shippers for their dedication to safety with the 2020 Pinnacle Award.
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At Union Pacific’s Investor Day, where achievements in operational efficiency, benefits of PSR implementation, shareholder returns and financial outlook were discussed, management predicted that the railroad will achieve a 55% OR (operating ratio) by 2022. As a result, Cowen and Company modestly adjusted its 2022 assumptions.
Utah-based global transportation and logistics company Savage has opened Savage Railport in Tooele, Utah, described as “a multi-commodity transload facility strategically located to serve Salt Lake City and surrounding markets.”
Union Pacific (UP) will open a new intermodal terminal located near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in second-quarter 2021 to expand shipper access to Chicago, Ill., and other key markets.
Watco is now offering a 222-acre transloading facility near Refugio, Tex., to support the bulk, chemicals, oil and gas, wind energy, agriculture, and steel industries.
Union Pacific (UP) has released an annual report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives, outlining its new strategy, “Building a Sustainable Future 2030.”
Union Pacific (UP) began construction this month on a grain transload facility collocated at the Global IV terminal in Joliet, Ill., to increase ag shipper connections to empty containers and the railroad’s West Coast port terminal network.