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Savage, Canadian Pacific partner on Chicago-area transload facility
Logistics and materials handling provider Savage has developed and is operating a transload facility at a Chicago-area Canadian Pacific rail yard to support the construction industry.
The CPT Chicago Transload terminal at CP’s Bensenville, Illinois, rail yard will transload lumber and building materials to serve the Chicago region. The yard also has access to major Chicago highways, including Interstates 294, 290 and 355 and the Elgin O’Hare Tollway (Interstate 390).
In addition to transloading,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/savage-canadian-pacific-partner-on-chicago-area-transload-facility
Viewpoint: Solving logistical challenges of inner-city construction
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By Rose Morrison
All construction projects pose logistical challenges to overcome. However, those obstacles are arguably even more prominent when working in the city center. Here are some of the most common necessities to address and some possible solutions.
Traffic disruptionsConstruction projects often require temporarily rerouting traffic. Such changes can...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-solving-logistical-challenges-of-inner-city-construction
White Paper – Industrial Freight Review 2020
At its most basic level, industrial freight is essentially any freight tangentially associated with manufacturing and construction (and the requisite inputs and outputs involved). Thus, when one refers to industrial freight, it means products such as lumber, automotive parts and finished vehicles, steel, heavy equipment, construction materials, etc.
Industrials are very cyclical in nature, and demand for industrial-related products tends to rise and fall with the U.S. business cycle. As...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-industrial-freight-review-2020