The best approach to encouraging intermodal transportation in the hinterland is through the dry port concept.

The announcement follows the labor group securing a new mandate from its members to hold strikes, potentially over the next six months.

The state-owned railway operator SNCF was forced to cancel one in three TGV high-speed trains because of strikes.

Railroad workers are organizing rallies across the country, and more than 70 members of Congress have signed a letter urging Biden to guarantee seven days of paid sick leaves.

Unions have accused the U.K. government of thwarting higher pay offers from train companies, while ministers argue that steep raises could end up worsening the cost-of-living crisis.

Retailers were already suffering as consumers pull back from spending on non-essential items amid higher living costs.

Shippers used the public forum to air grievances about an industry structure that they say gives railroads the power to boost prices and pad their profit even as service suffers.

The STB says that disruptions in UP’s service levels have a significant detrimental impact on the supply chain and the nation’s economy.

Biden said it was the right thing to do to save jobs, to protect millions of working families, and to keep supply chains stable around the holidays,

The House passed two separate bills November 30 — one to codify the tentative contract agreement, and a second to add seven paid sick days to the contract.