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How will Maersk-MSC split redraw container shipping landscape?
The decision by MSC and Maersk — the world’s two largest container lines — to terminate the 2M vessel-sharing alliance was predictable. The bigger surprise will be what happens next. Will both MSC and Maersk go it alone after 2M ends in January 2025?
Jan 27, 2023

BNSF ups network investments with focus on better service
BNSF expects to spend $3.96 billion on its network in 2023 as the railroad looks to improve service through infrastructure upgrades and efficiency projects. The railroad said Thursday it will increase this year’s capital expenditure plan by approximately $400 million over 2022.
Jan 27, 2023

CSX expects service gains will bolster railroad during economic downturn
Despite macroeconomic headwinds serving as a backdrop for 2023, Eastern U.S. railroad CSX sees its improving service metrics as an opportunity to garner new business and expand network capacity. The service improvements are “a real change...
Jan 27, 2023

Carriers cough up as complaints rain in at the FMC
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has received more than 200 charge complaints since the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) was enacted in June 2022. More than 70 of those complaints met the FMC’s threshold requirements to be referred to investigators.
Jan 27, 2023