Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 23, 2022
Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. .
Operations and Supply Chain Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
The upswing was largely driven by trade between Asia and North America, where the volume of containers jumped 33% from the average level for the five years preceding the pandemic. The shipping industry, which accounts for 80% of world merchandise trade, had a record year in 2021 , with volume totaling 179.1 from 2020 and a 5.4%
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Freight Plus
APRIL 15, 2021
The big news coming out of intermodal in March was the acquisition of Kansas City Southern by Canadian Pacific. Barring approval from the STB (Surface Transportation Board), this will create a rail network that encompasses all of North America. March 2021 - Transportation Market Report.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 23, 2021
billion to one-up rival’s bid for Kansas City Southern railway. A bidding war is heating up for Kansas City Southern’s north-south rail network through the North American industrial corridor, with Canadian National Inc. (CN) Shortage of ocean containers shows no sign of easing. CN offers $33.7 billion offer.
DAT Solutions
MARCH 6, 2019
Volumes were also up from other markets with seaports, including Stockton and Los Angeles – which is home to the two biggest ports in North America. Also, farming machinery has not yet started to move in volume, leading to lower rates out of Rock Island, IL: The lane from Rock Island to Kansas City fell 64¢ to $2.33/mi.
Enterra Insights
MAY 24, 2019
”[1] In a 2017 study, Didem Tuzemen, an economist at the Kansas City Fed, indicated the “decline in demand for middle-skilled work — a phenomenon dubbed ‘job polarization,’ because more positions are concentrated at the higher and lower ends — has played a role in keeping prime-age men out of the job market.”[2]
Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 16, 2023
In this update, we note the approval of a significant merger involving North America rail service and an additional development involving Amazon and Rivian Automotive related to an ongoing EV parcel van delivery contract.
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