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Port of New Orleans Chief Highlights Cargo Gains in Final Address

It may have been his 16th and final State of the Port address, but Gary LaGrange didn't sound ready to step back.

Richard Thompson | The (Baton Rouge, La.) Advocate
November 17, 2016
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Proposed Chicago Bypass Freight Railroad Could Have Capacity for 110 Trains a Day

A Great Lakes Basin Railroad forecast shows as many as 60 trains riding its rails daily through southern Lake and Porter counties in Indiana by its third year of operations, with that number declining to the low 50s and finally to 22 at the railroad's eastern terminus in LaPorte County.

Andrew Steele | The Times (Munster, Ind.)
November 16, 2016
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Shipping Companies Expect Holiday Package Volume to Skyrocket

Delivery companies are preparing for a barrage of delivery requests by adding new jobs and warning customers of deadlines as retail holiday sales begin.

Kara Driscoll | Springfield (Ohio ) News-Sun
November 16, 2016
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UPS to Begin Holiday Cargo Shipments Out of San Bernardino International Airport

UPS Inc. announced Nov. 15 it will begin seasonal cargo operations out of San Bernardino International Airport for the month of December.

Neil Nisperos | Inland Valley (Ontario, Calif.) Daily Bulletin
November 16, 2016
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Soil Trucks in Central Massachusetts Routinely Overweight, According to Analysis

DUDLEY, Mass. — At 8:13 a.m. on June 30, a truck hauling construction soil from the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission pulled onto the scales at its destination, a Dudley quarry that is being filled, weighing in at 134,900 pounds.

Susan Spencer | Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Mass.)
November 15, 2016
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Pinched by Fewer Energy Products, Rail Carriers Broadening Customers

This year will be another disappointing one for freight rail carriers hauling fewer carloads of coal and natural-gas drilling supplies through southwestern Pennsylvania.

Daniel Moore | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
November 15, 2016
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Port of Virginia Reports Another Single-Month Record for Container Volume

Two months after reporting that August was its all-time-busiest month, the port has another record-breaker on its hands.

Robert McCabe | The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot
November 15, 2016
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Connecticut Ponders Trump's Infrastructure Promises

On its face, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s trillion-dollar plan for nationwide infrastructure improvements is good news, even for Democrats such as Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

Ken Dixon | Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, Conn.)
November 14, 2016
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UPS to Spend $196 Million on Florida Facility

UPS Inc. announced plans Nov. 11 to invest $196 million in its ground package hub in Jacksonville, Florida. The expansion will add more than 260,000 square feet to UPS’ 560,000-square-foot building along with advanced technology and operations automation.

Roger Bull | The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.)
November 14, 2016
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FedEx Freight President Mike Ducker Still Hopes TPP Will Go Through

Mike Ducker, president of FedEx Freight, said it's too early to tell how a mammoth new trade agreement will fare after the election of Donald Trump, but it would be "tragic" for the Trans-Pacific Partnership to go down.

Wayne Risher | The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
November 10, 2016