Rail shipper groups call STB rate changes unfair

Supply Chain

Thursday, January 17, 2013

The American Chemistry Council, Fertilizer Institute and five other chemical and transportation organizations have issued rebuttal comments to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s proposed changes outlined in Ex Parte 715, which governs whether or not a rail freight rate is reasonable. The council said the board is using flawed methods to calculate rates that don’t take into account railroad operating costs; the board’s proposed changes to cross-over traffic calculations, t...

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