AAR reports Rail Traffic for the week ending November 16, 2024
Today, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 16, 2024. This week’s total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 516,886 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.2 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending November 16 were 223,659, down 5.6 percent from the same week in 2023, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 293,227 containers and...
Empowering Houston’s Future: Applications open for the 21st Annual Cat Lift Trucks Scholarship Program
Houston-based Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas, one of the world’s leading manufacturers and providers of material handling, automation and fleet solutions, is thrilled to announce the opening of its 21st Annual Cat® Lift Trucks Scholarship Program. Spearheading a two-decade commitment, the $5,000 scholarship is awarded to a Houston-area high-school senior for their passion to pursue a four-year degree related to the material handling...
$845,000 in Long Beach Port Sponsorships benefits nonprofit events and programs
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved 250 sponsorships totaling $845,110 to local nonprofit groups through the Port of Long Beach Community Sponsorship Program. The Community Sponsorship Program funds community events and activities that help inform residents about the Port. The awards support diverse community nonprofits centered on the environment, education, social justice, the arts, and historic preservation....
AAR statement on Duffy USDOT nomination
Ian Jefferies, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, issued the following statement on the nomination of Sean Duffy to serve as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). “The Association of American Railroads congratulates former Congressman Sean Duffy on his nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation. We look forward to working with Secretary-Designee Duffy upon his...
Port of Long Beach reaches all-time record in October
Strong consumer demand drives trade headed into the holiday shopping season The Port of Long Beach moved nearly 1 million cargo containers in October, achieving its strongest month in its 113-year history, driven by brisk demand for holiday goods and delayed containership arrivals caused by a nearby traffic incident and fire that affected some terminal operations at the end of September. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved...
Unirope’s Buschmann Wins AWRF Industry Leader Award
Unirope Ltd.’s Knut Buschmann won the inaugural Associated Wire Rope Fabricators (AWRF) Industry Leader Award, presented at last month’s Fall General Meeting in La Quinta, California. The nomination for industry veteran Buschmann, who attended his first AWRF meeting in 1989, was led by the association’s incoming president, Mike Poroo, of Scope Computer Vision Technologies Corp. It was the latest of multiple awards bestowed on...
Every step matters: National Ladder Safety Month coming in March
Resources and training from American Ladder Institute help keep workers safe The months leading up to March and National Ladder Safety Month are critical because the milestone month does more than amplify a safety message; it also celebrates message penetration and accident reduction. The American Ladder Institute (ALI), the only approved developer of safety standards for the U.S. ladder industry, is the presenting sponsor of National...
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