The Utah Inland Port Authority, short-line operator TNW Corp. and the Surface Transportation Board have announced appointments and promotions.
Utah Inland Port Authority names executive directorBen Hart is the Utah Inland Port Authority’s new executive director, starting Sept. 12.
Hart is “a seasoned and well-regarded executive who brings a wealth of knowledge and relationships to the table,” Jack Hedge, Utah Inland Port Authority president, said in a release.
Increasing intermodal rail capacity at select ports and developing inland ports are among the goals of projects receiving millions in federal grant money.
The funding came from the RAISE grant program, which stands for Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity. The program, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation, awarded more than $2.2 billion to projects nationwide to “modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports and intermodal transportation and make...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-projects-pull-in-nearly-57m-in-infrastructure-grants
The Port of Long Beach said Wednesday it is implementing a modified inland port project with the state of Utah to convert containers headed to the Mountain West region to rail from truck in an effort to increase turnover and reduce massive backlogs that have impacted business around the country.
Containers will be loaded on Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) trains at on-dock and near-dock rail yards in Long Beach and hauled to UP’s intermodal facility in Salt Lake City. From there, the port will arrange...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-long-beach-sets-up-rail-relief-valve-in-utah
This fireside chat recap is from the FreightWaves OceanWaves Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Can you hear me? U.S. ports’ dead spots
DETAILS: Ports around the world often suffer from digital communication blackouts. These dead spots not only leave a nation open to trade terrorism, they also inhibit the real-time tracking of trade, lost containers and damaged containers.
SPEAKERS: Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC senior editor of guests and a FreightWaves contributor; Jack Hedge, executive...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/oceanwaves-why-arent-ports-100-percent-digitally-connected
Jacksonville, Florida-headquartered Patriot Rail plans to acquire fellow short line operator Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway (SLGW).
The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, will also include SLGW’s entities Caballero and Caballero 2, which are storage and transload service providers. SLGW is based in Salt Lake City.
“The agreement aligns with Patriot’s vision of future growth as a premier service provider in the U.S. short line railway...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/patriot-rail-acquires-salt-lake-city-short-line-operator