IWLA welcomes the appointment of Kevin Murray as a small shipper representative on the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC) of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB). Acting STB Chairman Ann […]
As the U.S. Surface Transportation Board attempts to become more effective and viable, one of the first tasks on the docket is to allow rail customers to engage in competitive […]
As a member of the Rail Customer Coalition (RCC), IWLA has joined in urging the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations to increase […]
President Barack Obama is expected to sign S. 808, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) Reauthorization Act of 2015 into law. The STB has never been reauthorized since its inception in […]
On June 18 the U.S. Senate passed S. 808, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015. As previously reported, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chairman Sen. John […]
As reported by the Rail Customer Coalition: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation examined STB issues during the hearing to re-nominate Dan Elliott to the Surface Transportation […]
Senators John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) and Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will soon introduce the Surface Transportation […]
IWLA formed its Rail Council with two original goals: fight demurrage charges and educate members on moving goods by rail. Those are apt reasons, given that IWLA’s forerunner, the American […]
On April 11, 2014 the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) issued its final demurrage rules (the “rule”) establishing the circumstance under which public warehouse operators and others will be liable […]
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