U.S. rail traffic report for the week ending April 19, 2025
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 19, 2025. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 496,053 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.5 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 19 were 224,436 carloads, up 3.4 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 271,617 containers and...
Felling Trailers delivers custom mobile solution for FireLake Manufacturing’s incinerator unit
FireLake Manufacturing of Hutchinson, MN, manufactures incinerators and crematoriums, serving the medical, veterinary, and law enforcement sectors. FireLake’s product line offers a wide range of load capacities with sixteen different chamber sizes and numerous customization options. Their units are capable of incinerating two hundred to sixteen hundred pounds of waste at a time, depending on the user’s needs and the model selected....
U.S. rail traffic reports for the week ending April 12, 2025
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for April 12, 2025. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 491,908 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.4 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 12 were 217,566 carloads, up 4.3 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 274,342 containers and trailers, up 6.3...
Episode 581: A global logistics strategy rooted in optionality
Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, where logistics legend Jim Tompkins, Chairman of Tompkins Ventures, joins the show. With over 50 years in the industry, Jim shares lessons from his early days in warehousing and consulting, his role in shaping the profession, and how disruption has become the new normal. The conversation focuses on a new era of global logistics strategy, where adaptability, agility, and optionality...
Port of Long Beach busiest in U.S. through First Quarter
Anticipated tariffs drive 10th consecutive month of import growth for March Coming off its best first quarter on record, the Port of Long Beach is the nation’s busiest port through the first three months of the year as imports surged ahead of anticipated tariffs. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 817,457 twenty-foot equivalent units last month, up 25% from March 2024. Imports grew 25.8% to 380,562 TEUs and exports decreased 1%...
Martha Payne honored with 2025 Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award
The Women In Trucking Association (WIT), Truckstop and Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) has announced Martha Payne, transportation attorney at Benesch, has been named the winner of the annual Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award (DWLA). Payne’s career spans over four decades. As one of the few women in the transportation and logistics field early in her career, she broke barriers and overcame significant challenges,...
U.S. rail traffic reports for the week ending April 05, 2025
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 5, 2025. For this week, the total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 500,584 carloads and intermodal units, which is up 11.2 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 5 were 226,790 carloads, up 8.5 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 273,794...
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