Logistics

North American weekly pulp and paper rail freight up 6.3%

Posted in: Logistics 08/27/2010 - 10:48

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27, 2010 (RISI) -North American pulp and paper rail freight in the latest week ending Aug. 21 was 6.3% higher than last year to 9,748 carloads, the Assn of American Railroads reported. Through 33 weeks of 2010, pulp and paper freight volume at 301,770 carloads was off 1% from the same period of 2009.

Total North American rail freight for the week was 7.4% higher and year-to-date was up 10%.

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Evelyn Maersk, the 100th ultra large container carrier to sail into the port of Rotterdam

Posted in: Logistics 08/26/2010 - 03:21

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, Aug. 26, 2010 (Press Release) -

The Evelyn Maersk was the 100th ultra large container carrier (ULCC) to sail into the port of Rotterdam in 2010. A ULCC is a ship that can carry more than 10,000 TEU (unit measurement for containers). It was less than three years ago that the first vessel of this capacity went into service. In the meantime, such ships dock in Rotterdam every other day, on average.

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North American rail traffic moderates into August; weekly pulp and paper freight up

Posted in: Logistics 08/12/2010 - 12:34

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12, 2010 (RISI) -The Assn of American Railroads reported only moderate gains in rail traffic for the week ending Aug. 7, 2010. US railroads originated 284,507 carloads for the week, up 3.5% compared with the same week in 2009, but down 13% from the same week in 2008.

Combined North American rail volume for the first 31 weeks of 2010 on 13 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 11.409 million carloads, up 10.1% from last year.

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Speakers confirmed for IFPTA South American regional seminar Sept. 27-28

Posted in: Logistics 08/12/2010 - 06:14

NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2010 (Press Release) -The International Forest Products Transport Association (IFPTA) announced today some of the featured speakers confirmed for the 2nd South American Regional Seminar in São Paulo, Brazil, September 27 - 28, 2010. The seminar, "The future of forest products logistics in South America," will explore the logistics opportunities and challenges of the growing South American forest products industry.

The following speakers and panelists are confirmed for the seminar:

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Potsdam Paper in NY refurbishes rail spur

Posted in: Logistics 08/11/2010 - 09:02

POTSDAM, NY, Aug. 11, 2010 (Watertown Daily Times) -Potsdam Specialty Paper Inc. has invested $200,000 to refurbish an abandoned two-mile spur of track connecting its Unionville plant with CSX's Massena line.

Potsdam Specialty Paper plant General Manager Ronald F. Charette said using the new rail link to deliver chemicals and other supplies to the Unionville plant will initially save $100,000 a year in transportation costs.

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CN partners to reduce Quebec City-Toronto rail transit times by 30%

Posted in: Logistics 08/10/2010 - 09:22

QUEBEC CITY and MONTREAL, Aug. 6, 2010 (PRNewswire-FirstCall) -The Port of Quebec, a terminal operator at the port, and CN announced today a service arrangement that will reduce transit times for shipments destined to Toronto to 38 hours from 53 hours, an improvement of almost 30 per cent.

The improvement resulted from the port and terminal operator agreeing to more consistent release times for shipments and CN adjusting schedules to expedite the movement of traffic over its network between Quebec City and Toronto.

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