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Railcar Traffic of Forest Products, North America
The volume of rail freight carried in Canada totalled 30.5 million tonnes in April, up 1.7 per cent from the same month last year, said Statistics Canada Wednesday. Freight originating in Canada rose 2.5 per cent to 27.1 million tonnes. Non-intermodal freight rose 3 per cent to 296,000 carloads. The amount of freight loaded into…
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Railway Layoffs, Bridge Fire
A wooden railroad bridge near Minnesota’s border with Canada burned and collapsed early Wednesday, shutting a busy train route that connects the Pacific Coast with Chicago, according to Associated Press via New York Times Wednesday. The bridge in Koochiching County belonged to CN Rail. It carried more than 20 trains over the Rat Root River…
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Global Transportation Development
There is very exciting news this week about completed or announced transportation building projects in several jurisdictions globally. The Port of Prince Rupert, in northern British Columbia, and the newly-expanded Panama Canal have both finished extensive expansion projects. As well, China is planning major new railway lines internally and elsewhere. On May 19 was held…
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US Freight and Rail Transport Data: March 2015
The Ontario Trucking Association’s 2Q 2015 business conditions survey shows that nearly half of Ontario carriers reported freight volume increases in the previous three months, compared to carriers in the 4Q 2014 survey. Freight and Rail Transport Data, US: April 2015 This is the first time in 18 months that less than 30 per cent…
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Transportation Statistics : North America
The latest data, to February 2015, shows volumes of Canadian and US forestry and wood products transported as stable — if moderately improving — over last year. As subscribers to the quarterly Madison’s Forest Pulse already know, volumes and values of wood products manufactured, shipped, and transported across North America for full-year 2014 were very…
