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CTV News
U.S. President Donald Trump has "messed up the clock" on getting the renegotiated NAFTA deal ratified, and it may now die in its current form, says former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman.
In an interview on CTV's Question Period, Heyman said that the deal in its current form is dead.
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Canadian Shipper
Becoming a shipper of choice is no longer a choice, particularly during what the executive of one of Canada's largest shippers calls "some of the most disruptive times I’ve ever seen."
Delivering the keynote address at The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation of North America annual spring outlook conference, Gary Fast, vice president transportation at Canadian Tire, told those gathered that he couldn't remember experiencing the capacity challenges his company faces today in his 24 years in the industry.
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Financial Post
Singapore-based PSA International Pte Ltd. has reached a deal to acquire the largest container terminal in Eastern Canada, the company has confirmed.
In a brief email statement, PSA said that "it has finalized an agreement" to acquire the Halterm terminal in Halifax from Australian-based Macquarie Infrastructure Partners.
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At Valuepart, we know the importance of providing you with fast availability of our quality undercarriage and repair parts inventory. This is why we maintain one of the largest North American networks of Depots and Warehouse facilities in the industry.
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AAR
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 535,089 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.0 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending May 4 were 268,559 carloads, up 1.0 percent compared with the same week in 2018, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 266,530 containers and trailers, down 4.9 percent compared to 2018.
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Bensinga
Berkshire Hathway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett said he would be willing to consider some form of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) for western U.S. railroad BNSF, although he didn't say when or even if BNSF would eventually adopt the operating model. "We are not above copying anything that is successful, and I think there's been a good deal that's been learned by watching these four railroads," Buffett said, referring to Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX and BNSF competitor Union Pacific.
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Canadian Shipper
As part of its growth strategy, CN announced it is increasing its operations in Western Canada with two additional major export supply chain projects coming online as well as a record month of April for the movement of Canadian grain.
Both of the new projects are focused on maximizing the use of rail into the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia. The first train of thermal coal from Coalspur's Vista Mine in Hinton, Alberta has shipped to Ridley Terminals.
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CP
Canadian Pacific is proud to report strong network performance and momentum as it exits a record-setting April.
On the strength of CP's service and commitment to innovation in the grain supply chain, including investing in new high-capacity hopper cars, April was an all-time record month for Canadian grain and grain products. CP moved a best-ever 2.643 million metric tonnes of Canadian grain and grain products this past month, bettering the previous record from October 2018.
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Journal Pioneer
The Alberta government will incur a financial penalty if it goes ahead with Premier Jason Kenney's pledge to cancel $3.7-billion worth of crude-by-rail contracts, the head of Canada's largest railway said Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters in Calgary, Canadian National Railway president and CEO JJ Ruest said his company has ramped up capacity in recent months to meet its crude shipment obligations under the terms of the contract entered into by Rachel Notley's government in February .
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Canadian Shipper
Ballard Power Systems announced that it will provide next-generation FCmove-HD fuel cell modules — utilizing Ballard's LCS technology — to power two tractor-trailer trucks as part of an industry-lead $11.2 million Alberta Zero-Emissions Truck Electrification Collaboration project.
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Canadian Shipper
Ontario will look at raising speed limits on provincial highways, with the transportation minister musing that those roads can safely handle traffic at 120 kilometres an hour.
Jeff Yurek said Wednesday that he will announce speed limit consultations, and signalled that the province will consider raising the maximum from its current 100 kilometres an hour.
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Supply Chain DIVE
This comes about a month after Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced at the Mid-America Trucking Show that her department sent a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to the White House for review.
"While I can't go through the specifics of this proposal, let me note that the Department understands the strong interest in increasing flexibility and is giving it serious consideration," Chao said in March.
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Canadian Shipper
The federal government has started to give away money to encourage people to buy electric cars, but before long it will have to decide how far it will go to force the market towards lower-emission vehicles.
The electric vehicle rebate program launched May 1, giving up to $5,000 back to buyers to help them afford zero-emission vehicles which have higher up-front costs but long-term financial and environmental benefits.
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Canadian Shipper
Penske Truck Leasing announced it has joined the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education coalition. The move is an effort by the company that aligns with its mobility strategies around connected, automated, shared, and electric commercial vehicles.
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By Michelle R. Matisons
 In the grand scheme of deadly airline problems, Boeing’s latest crash debacles rate high on the list. Whenever an airplane crash occurs, there’s wild speculation concerning who and what to blame, and such is the case in the instances of downed Boeing 737 Max 8s. The company has now come forward admitting to a safety feature malfunction that could have caused the high-profile, high-fatality crashes. 737 Max 8 software includes an alert system that informs pilots about problems and malfunctions in-flight. The problem is that an important alert light feature was sold to Boeing customers as "optional."
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IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), increased 0.1 percent in March 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. While this is a significant improvement on the 4.9 percent contraction in February, in seasonally adjusted terms, demand is still down 1.5 percent over the past year.
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Canadian Shipper
Cargojet Inc. broke even for its most recent quarter compared with a profit of $4.5 million a year ago as its revenue grew by 11.3 per cent.
The company, which provides time sensitive overnight air cargo services, says the result for the quarter compared with a profit of 33 cents per diluted share in the same quarter last year.
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Canadian Shipper
Container growth highlighted the Montreal Port Authority's annual operating results, presented by President and CEO Sylvie Vachon at their annual meeting.
The container sector was among the fastest growing sectors at the Port of Montreal in 2018, up 9 percent over 2017 with close to 1.7 million twenty-foot equivalent units transiting through all five terminals.
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