Cary, N.C.-based Railinc says it has successfully launched the new Umler system, replacing a 40-year-old legacy system with modern web-based technology. The Umler system is a mission-critical ...

In most of the world’s affluent countries, railroads either were built by the government or eventually claimed by it. Beset by growing losses due to high labor costs, bureaucratic inefficiency and the ...

Inter-city rail systems in the U.S. offer quite a polarity. Inter-city passenger rail is overwhelmingly operated by Amtrak, a quasi-public corporation founded in 1971 to replace struggling passenger ...

ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Governments and private freight rail operators have long recognized the need for cargo and freight wagon trackability and security, particularly when goods move across borders ...

Rail tracking with Vizion requires no Letter of Authorization, and users can track containers across ocean and rail with a single request. With rail tracking now complementing our existing ocean ...

Vizion launched its new Intermodal Rail Tracking feature June 21 to improve the end-to-end visibility of supply chains while complementing the company's pre-existing ocean freight tracking ...

In recent years, a reduced growth in international trade and declines in heavy freight, such as coal and steel, have caused a downward trend in the rail freight industry. Nevertheless, increasing ...

Over the years, Minnesota has sold billions in bonds to fund repairs and improvements to trunk highways for truck traffic—in sharp contrast to the relatively small amount of funding needed over the ...