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Premium-grade iron ore piles up at Africa’s top producer amid rail constraints

Anglo American Plc’s South African iron ore unit said rail and port bottlenecks mean stockpiles of the steelmaking ingredient are continuing to build at its mines.

MSC integrated solutions for Congo & DRC with Asia and beyond

MSC is now offering Congo via Pointe-Noire, and DRC via Matadi. Pointe Noire (CR) is called on our Africa Express service offering connections with China, South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and India (via Colombo). Our Angola service will also call Pointe-Noire, serving as transshipment call for cargo from Asia to Angola and Namibia.

Ohio Senator blames corporate greed for train crash, toxic spill

Bloomberg | February 19, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown said corporate maneuvers that favor shareholders and company executives are to blame for safety lapses leading up to a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in a town in his home state.

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Bloomberg | Top Story | February 18, 2023

Bungled messaging over Ohio train crash allowed chaos to reign

Gary Stevenson, the mayor of Paulsboro, New Jersey, is still troubled by the disastrous messaging that surrounded a dangerous train derailment in his town more than a decade ago. The communications meltdown now troubling Norfolk Southern Corp. is worse.

Norfolk Southern draws on credit line after Ohio train crash

Bloomberg | February 18, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

Marine Repair Services-Container Maintenance Corp expands Dallas depot footprint, purchases land

AJOT | February 17, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail | Trucking

The Marino Group's Marine Repair Services - Container Maintenance Corporation (MRS-CMC), a leading provider of intermodal services, announced today it has expanded its Dallas depot, growing from 15 acres to 25 acres to meet the needs of the market. In addition, the company announced it purchased the land, which is located less than a mile from Union Pacific Dallas Intermodal Terminal; the company has been leasing the original depot property since 2016.

TransmetriQ releases asset manager for railcar fleets

AJOT | February 17, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

TransmetriQ, a Railinc® brand, has another significant offering for railcar fleet owners with the introduction of Asset Manager, which provides railcar fleet owners and managers instant visibility of the location, health, and status of their assets.

Ohio train crash unleashes local rage, suspicion over toxic chemicals

When a Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailed earlier this month, creating a fiery crash that spilled chemicals across a small Ohio town, long-simmering tensions in the US ignited along with it.

IntelliTrans partners with AllTranstek to improve rail car maintenance tracking

IntelliTrans Monitors and Manages Rail Car Movement; With AllTranstek Integration, Clients Know Which Cars Need Maintenance, When, and Where to Get it, Minimizing Down Time

Palestine: Freight Rail Hazmat Safety Update

AJOT | February 16, 2023 | Intermodal

On February 3rd, a Norfolk Southern (NS) train carrying hazardous materials (hazmat) derailed on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border...

Alan Shaw: We will not walk away, East Palestine

AJOT | February 16, 2023 | Intermodal

Norfolk Southern Corporation President and CEO, Alan H. Shaw, shared a letter today with the community of East Palestine, Ohio.

Rail Vision launches proof-of-concept pilot program with leading US-based rail & leasing services company

AJOT | February 16, 2023 | Intermodal

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Bloomberg | Top Story | February 15, 2023

What the Ohio train derailment says about the dark side of plastics

The Norfolk Southern crash highlights the environmental and health dangers of the world’s growing reliance on plastics, which two of the train’s hazardous-material cargo are used to make.

AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending February 11, 2023

AJOT | February 15, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

Class 1 railroad implements duos technologies’ artificial intelligence models in operations

AJOT | February 15, 2023 | Intermodal | Shipping Technology

Duos Technologies Group, Inc. through its operating subsidiary Duos Technologies, Inc., a provider of machine vision and artificial intelligence that analyzes fast-moving trains and trucks, announced that it has 30 artificial intelligence (“AI”) models in operations for...

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