Tentative Deal Ratified as Canadian West Coast Port Workers Vote Yes; Railroad Congestion Persists

Shipping containers are being loaded onto rail cars at the Global Container Terminals Vanterm container terminal on Vancouver Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) of Canada have voted to ratify the second tentative agreement with West Coast port ownership, bringing …

Read more

NTSB: Safety Warning Ignored, Posing a Risk

Efforts are underway to clean up the aftermath of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 9, 2023. Gene J. Puskar | AP The preliminary findings of a National Transportation Safety Board investigation, released on Thursday, reveal that Norfolk Southern supervisors failed to address safety concerns raised by an engineer …

Read more