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Union Pacific Close to Deal for Norfolk Southern

Supply Chain Digest

Since early 2025, the US Surface Transportation Board, the federal regulatory agency overseeing railroads, has signaled a more industry-friendly approach to merger reviews. Omaha, Neb.-based link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! Supply Chain Digest Says. What do you say?

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Network Consolidation: A Step Forward for Market-Driven Value Networks?

Supply Chain Shaman

GT Nexus evolved as a Software as a Service (SaaS) application for transportation while GXS/OpenText evolved from the EDI VAN technologies. Today, GHX, a healthcare consortia, acquired Omaha, NE-based, privately held H-Card, LLC, known as Hap-X. The solutions evolved from different funding models.

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Analysis: UP-NS rail merger spotlights individual legacies in a legacy business

Freight Waves

A consolidation, if approved, would produce the first true transcontinental railroad and all that goes along with it, an event that in many ways would surpass the 1997 merger of aviation giants Boeing (NYSE: BA ) and McDonnell-Douglas as the most historically significant corporate deal in modern commercial transportation.