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Posted 23 February 2018 - 05:50 PM

Journal of Commerce, 2/23/18:
 

As US truck capacity tightens, reefer shippers board the rails

 

 

In another electronic logging device ripple, the US truck transport capacity shortage is creating an opportunity for cold-chain train transport, and the railroads may be able to seize the day. Photo credit: Union Pacific Railroad.

 

Tight US truck capacity and rising rates marked the first quarter of 2018, and the outlook for the remainder of the year is more of the same, if not worse.

 

That is the dilemma for shippers of perishable goods, especially food, who are seeing growing demand from buyers on the one hand, tempered by a capacity crunch on the other.

 

“We are seeing a very robust economy,” confirms Canadian National Railway’s Dan Bresolin, assistant vice president, intermodal international, who says demand in the cold chain sector is growing in Canada, the United States, and overseas.

 

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