NS Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Employees
Norfolk Southern (NS) on Oct. 20 notified all employees that it will require them to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by Dec. 8.
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NS to Power Pennsylvania Ops With Renewable Energy
Norfolk Southern (NS) is purchasing 100% renewable energy to power operations in its Altoona and Reading, Pa., regions, the Class I railroad reported Oct. 6.
NS, Progress Rail Unveil ‘Green’ Power
Norfolk Southern (NS) and Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, have teamed on the first GP34ECO locomotive for yard and intermediate service; it is now undergoing testing to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tier 4 emissions certification requirements, the companies reported on Sept. 30.
NS: Delivering Donations to Local Communities
Norfolk Southern (NS) is providing $400,000 in grants to 31 food banks across states in its service area.
STB: Five Class I’s Revenue Adequate for 2020
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has found five of the seven U.S. Class I railroads to be revenue adequate for 2020: BNSF, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Soo Line (the U.S. affiliate of Canadian Pacific) and Union Pacific.
For Port NOLA, Service Restoration Under Way
The Port of New Orleans’ (Port NOLA) Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal is resuming service Sept. 7, following the Port’s restoration of limited cargo and vessel operations beginning Sept. 2—just four days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a category 4 storm.
DOJ Picks Apart CSX-Pan Am Transaction
In Aug. 26 comments filed with the Surface Transportation Board, the United States Department of Justice took issue with many aspects of the proposed CSX-Pan Am Railways merger, citing President Biden’s July 9 Executive Order, “Promoting Competition in the American Economy.”
POV Sets July Container Record, Advances Capacity-Boosting Projects
The Port of Virginia (POV) processed 293,126 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in July, up 32.6% over the prior-year period, it reported on Aug. 17.
NS: Greencastle, Pa., Intermodal Terminal Going ‘Back Online’
Norfolk Southern (NS) will reopen its intermodal terminal in Greencastle, Pa., this September to boost capacity and “help ease supply-chain congestion that has slowed the flow of commerce across all modes of the U.S. transportation sector,” the railroad reported on Aug. 13.
Why STB’s Inquiry Is a Public Service to Intermodal Shippers
Jim Blaze takes a technical look at the Class I’s responses to the STB’s inquiry on intermodal from his experience dating back to 1968.