Transportation

Georgia Ports celebrates opening of $134M Gainesville Inland Port

The Norfolk Southern-served rail terminal gives Northeast Georgia shippers, including farm, poultry and forest product exporters, a direct rail link to the Port of Savannah.

Group of business professionals and officials at ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of Norfolk Southern locomotive and cargo containers

Brand Insights

Thermal Performance and Gearbox Selection for Grain Handling Applications

SEW-EURODRIVE, Inc.

SEW-EURODRIVE’s Austin Burdette discusses heat challenges in grain handling gearboxes and how proper thermal management can reduce downtime and extend equipment life.

Thermal Performance and Gearbox Selection for Grain Handling Applications

CN sets all-time monthly grain record in October

The railway moved 3.54 million metric tons of grain and processed grain products, edging its October 2025 mark as winter operating restrictions loom.

Rail fuel surcharges on grain hit record 76 cents per mile

November's Class I average is 231% above April's level, and federal forecasters expect diesel to ease but stay above $4 a gallon through 2027.

Rural grain elevator facility with railroad tracks and storage silos under clear sky

Drought shrinks to 44% of Lower 48 but the southern Corn Belt dries

Heavy fall rain cut drought across the West, Plains and Minnesota, but drought spread in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri, and the Mid-South got worse.

Dramatic autumn landscape with mature cornfield, red-leafed tree, and stormy sky above wooden fence

Twin Cities & Western's $22M CRISI grant targets grain car fleet

Minnesota's largest short line will add 200 grain cars and upgrade track for 286,000-pound loads, with the railroad paying 20% of the cost.

Railroad tracks stretching into the distance with gravel ballast and weathered wooden ties

Grain Facility Renovations & Builds

Red Wing Grain wins $10.2M federal grant to rebuild barge loadout

MARAD money will replace decades-old loading equipment at the Mississippi River terminal and lift it above the 100-year floodplain.

Close-up of weathered, rust-covered metal surface with corroded texture and white mineral deposits

Grain Trade & Export

G20 ministers leave Atlanta without Black Sea shipping deal

US officials said Türkiye and India have put forward ideas to restart grain shipments, but ministers agreed on the problem, not on how to fix it.

Large red and white oil tanker ship navigating calm blue ocean waters under clear sky

Canada fast-tracks Vancouver container terminal to 2035

Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is part of a Port of Vancouver strategy that also targets rail capacity and bulk export terminals handling grain and potash.

Aerial view of a busy container port with cargo ships, stacked shipping containers, and loading cranes along multiple piers

CPKC sets October grain records in Canada and US

The railway's combined October grain volumes were the largest it has hauled in a single month across its network.

Long freight train traveling through forested mountains with golden autumn trees and rocky terrain

CN grain revenue rises 19% in third quarter

Higher grain and fertilizer volumes helped lift CN's quarterly revenue 15%, and the railroad now expects above-average 2026-27 crops in Canada and the US.

Northern Lines Railway wins up to $1.3M for Minnesota track work

The short line will rehabilitate about 25 miles of track in the St. Cloud region under the latest federal CRISI grant round.

CPKC grain revenue climbs 29% in third quarter

Higher grain volumes lifted the railroad's revenue 15%, but a 61% jump in fuel costs left net income flat.

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