Surface Transportation Board

This retaliation, according to Primus, is focused on shippers and other industry stakeholders whom participate in the STB’s regulatory proceedings.

CPKC and CSX will establish a direct Class I-to-Class I interchange at or near Myrtlewood and connect shippers in Mexico, Texas and the Southeast U.S, with MNBR continuing to provide local service to customers between Meridian and Myrtlewood.

The Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB) recently announced it has extended the date for Class I railroad carriers to submit data related to new reciprocal switching regulations issued in a decision by the STB on April 30.

At the hearing, which is scheduled for September 16-17, STB said it is requesting attendance from various industry stakeholders, including executive-level officials from Class I railroads, as well as inviting and welcoming testimony from industry analysts, other rail carriers, rail customers, rail suppliers, labor organizations, and other interested parties who can contribute to the STB’s understanding of how the industry has grown and intends to grow in the future.

Late last week, the Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, said that Chairman Martin J. Oberman has officially retired.

Feedback regarding the recent adoption of the reciprocal switching rule by the Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, could be viewed as mixed.

The Surface Transportation Board stated it has unanimously adopted a final rule to implement new regulations at 49 CFR part 1145. Which it said “sets forth a path for shippers and receivers to petition the Board for the prescription of a reciprocal switching statement.

At this point, anyone who has seen Martin J. Oberman, Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), a Washington, D.C.-based independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, speak at a freight railroad conference, knows he is not holding anything back. That again was the case, when he gave a keynote speech at last week’s Southeastern Association of Rail Shippers (SEARS) 2024 Spring Meeting in Atlanta.

The Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, recently announced it has extended its reply comment period, for Docket No. EP 711, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) focusing on providing rail service with access to reciprocal switching as a remedy for poor service, by two weeks, to December 20.

STB Chairman Martin Oberman said he will not seek reappointment, at the end of his five-year term, which expires on December 31, and will continue to serve several months into next year, which is within his one-year holdover period.

Earlier today, the Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, unanimously released a railroad service-focused Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) focused on reciprocal switching.

High-level service through unsteady volumes.

A new piece of bipartisan legislation focused on railroad service was re-introduced earlier this week in the United States Senate by Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Roger Marshall (R-KS). Entitled, the “Reliable Rail Service Act,” this legislation addresses the unreliable service and high cost of shipping for American businesses, according to the senators.

Earlier this week, the Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, issued a decision, calling for continued monitoring of freight rail service.

The long-awaited decision regarding the acquisition of Kansas City Railway Company (KCS) by Canadian Pacific (CP) reached its expected outcome today, with the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, saying it has approved the $31 billion deal, which will go into effect on April 14.