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Alameda Belt Line informs workers of plans to take over rail service at LA, Long Beach ports

WASHINGTON — Alameda Belt Line, the joint BNSF Railway-Union Pacific operation created to share operations on the Alameda Corridor, has filed a notice with the federal regulators that it intends to ...

Alameda Belt Line still in negotiations over rail operations at ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach (updated)

Alameda Belt Line’s notice to Pacific Harbor Line employees this week of its plans to take over rail operations at the ports ...
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BNSF Slams Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger, Warns of Lost Competition and Higher Rates

BNSF Railway has publicly rebuked the proposed $85 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, calling on customers to air any grievances they may have with the deal to the Surface ...
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CPKC, BNSF respond strongly to UP claim they have pressured customers over merger

A Union Pacific executive said this week in a message to shippers that customers have felt a “real backlash” from BNSF Railway and CPKC after indicating support for the UP-Norfolk Southern merger.
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‘Why Would We Shut Off 300 Lanes?’ UP CEO Fires Back at BNSF’s Claim of Intermodal Cuts

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena clapped back at a recent contention from rival railroad BNSF Railway that the company would eliminate 300 intermodal lanes upon the approval of its takeover of Norfolk ...

UPDATED: Maersk shifts SoCal import containers to UP from BNSF

The world’s second-biggest ocean container line makes a major rail shift for containers moving inland out of Southern California. The post UPDATED: Maersk shifts SoCal import containers to UP from ...

Judge to BNSF, unions: Don't use courts for negotiating leverage

U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman expressed concern over what he described as the increasing use of emergency motions as ...
Reuters

BNSF hires Goldman, CSX seeks bankers as Union Pacific sparks rail M&A race, sources say

Any potential deal is expected to undergo intense regulatory scrutiny and remains far from certain. Goldman and CSX declined to comment. BNSF did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for ...
Business Wire

BNSF Railway Files Petition Requesting STB to Enforce, Review Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Merger Conditions From Three Decades Ago

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BNSF Railway today announced the Class I railroad has filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board (STB), requesting the immediate review and enforcement ...
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Union Pacific files complaint over BNSF rate hikes

Union Pacific filed a complaint with the Surface Transportation Board, alleging that BNSF Railway drastically increased rates and changed service in ways that raised grain transportation costs. The ...
U.S. News & World Report

BNSF Hires Goldman, CSX Seeks Bankers as Union Pacific Sparks Rail M&A Race, Sources Say

(Reuters) -BNSF Railway has hired Goldman Sachs and CSX Corp is in talks to bring on financial advisers, as rival Union Pacific’s interest in acquiring Norfolk Southern sparked a wave of deal ...