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KMP, MMLP partner on Permian Basin rail terminal

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) and Martin Midstream Partners LP (MMLP) announced a new joint venture, Pecos Valley Producer Services LLC, to develop a multi-commodity rail terminal in Pecos TX. The new terminal will include truck-rail transloading service and will serve the growing oil and natural gas industries in the Permian Basin...

Wisconsin & Southern to sell controlling ownership to Watco

Watco Transportation Services LLC (Watco) and The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. (WSOR) announced that they have mutually approved an agreement whereby Watco will acquire controlling ownership of the WSOR. The WSOR will join forces with Watco, who operates a family of short line and regional railroads across the nation and offers a multi-faceted transportation business model...

NITL urges Congressional action on rail labor dispute

In anticipation of the dire economic impacts that would result from a nationwide rail shutdown, the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) called Congress to quickly consider and apply the terms of a recently appointed Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) on both rail management and labor if the parties fail to reach agreement within the next week...

Grafton and Upton Railroad bulk terminal begins service

The Grafton and Upton Railroad (GU), with general offices in North Grafton MA and direct connections to the CSX Northeast mainline, has initiated operations at its new 38-acre Envirobulk transload terminal in West Upton MA, the cornerstone of the new Integrated Logistics Center created along the Grafton and Upton rail Line...

Savage begins construction of "crude oil by rail" terminal

Savage Companies, Salt Lake City UT, announced that construction is underway for a multi-user rail terminal served by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Trenton ND, bringing delivery of crude oil by rail from the Bakken shale oil formation...

Domestic intermodal
transport increases
market share in 2Q

Domestic intermodal transport gained significant market share against trucks in the second quarter of 2009, a recent analysis by FTR Associates shows...

NACD hails ruling affirming
railroad’s hazmat obligation

In response to the recent decision by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has an obligation to provide rates and service to US Magnesium LLC (USM) of Utah to transport chlorine to destinations in Louisiana and Texas, the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) issued...

Obama to nominate three
for key administration posts

President Barack Obama plans to nominate these individuals for administration posts: Anne S Ferro, administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Ernie DuBester, member, Federal Labor Relations Authority; and Julia A Clark, general counsel, Federal Labor Relations Authority...

Freight Stakeholders Coalition
issues reauthorization platform

The Freight Stakeholders Coalition has released the its 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Platform. The coalition has agreed to these principles for the upcoming surface transportation authorization legislation...