Material Handling & Transportation
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CAPS Offers Container Rental Solutions to Mexican Market
November 29, 2010Container and Pooling Solutions (CAPS) will now offer container rental solutions to Mexican markets. The ongoing growth trend in intra-Mexico commerce and U.S. sourcing to Mexican-based suppliers has prompted CAPS to invest in the region to support its increasing number of customers. Since 1998...
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Railinc Launches DDCT Test System, Training Demos
November 23, 2010Railinc Corp. has announced the availability of the new Damaged and Defective Car Tracking (DDCT) test system along with two new web-based DDCT training demos. The DDCT test system gives users a chance to explore the new system’s functionality and to practice critical tasks without being...
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AAR Reports U.S. Freight Railroads Continue to Post Traffic Gains Over 2009 Levels
November 19, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that U.S. freight railroads continue to post weekly rail traffic gains over 2009 levels, originating 297,269 carloads for the week ending Nov. 13, 2010, up 5.8 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal traffic for the week totaled...
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AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic Sees Modest Gains
November 12, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that weekly rail traffic continues to see modest year-over-year gains with U.S. railroads originating 288,056 carloads for the week ending Nov. 6, 2010, up 4.9 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal traffic for the week...
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AAR Reports October 2010 Rail Traffic Continues Mixed Progress
November 9, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that monthly rail carloads for October 2010 were up 8.7 percent compared with the same period last year, but still down 7.9 percent compared with October 2008. According to AAR’s November Rail Time Indicators Report (RTI), the...
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Railroad Industry Awards 2010 Professional Environmental Excellence Award to David C. Clark
October 27, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has awarded the 2010 Professional Environmental Excellence Award to BNSF Railway director of environmental remediation, David C. Clark. Based in Topeka, KS, Clark has 35 years of environmental experience all within the rail industry. The award was...
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Jervis B. Webb Co. Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Biomass Handling Contract
October 27, 2010Jervis B. Webb Co., a subsidiary of Daifuku Co., Ltd. and leading provider of material handling solutions, has announced a contract with Covanta Energy Corp. to design, engineer, and manufacture an ash-handling system in Kapolei, Hawaii. The project is the result of an expansion by Covanta and also...
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AAR and TTCI Announce Establishment of Research Advisory Board
October 27, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI) have announced the establishment of a TTCI Research Advisory Board. Developed to provide feedback on AAR’s Strategic Research Initiatives and on how TTCI can best serve the AAR Affiliates and the...
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AAR Reports Rail Traffic Continues to Show Improvement
October 22, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that weekly rail traffic continues to show improvement over 2009 levels with U.S. railroads originating 303,664 carloads for the week ending Oct. 16, 2010, up 10.1 percent compared with the same week last year. AAR will no longer report 2010...
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AAR Reports Rail Traffic Continues to Post Gains Over 2009
October 17, 2010The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported that weekly rail traffic continues to post gains over 2009 levels with U.S. railroads originating 297,029 carloads for the week ending Oct. 9, 2010, up 8.8 percent compared with the same week last year. AAR will no longer report 2010...
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