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The Presidential Emergency Board recently released their nonbinding recommendations for rail workers and railroads to consider.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $1 higher versus one week ago.

Germany's most important waterway is drying up, creating serious concerns that commerce on the river will be stopped.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $2 higher versus one week ago.

The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would reauthorize the Surface Transportation Board.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $3 lower versus one week ago.

Recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration proposed a rule that would require a two-man crew as railroads are pursuing changing to one-man crews.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $7 higher versus one week ago.

Independent truckers have been striking at the Port of Oakland for nearly a week, creating serious slowdowns there.

President Biden created a Presidential Emergency Board in the hopes of helping rail-worker unions and railroads settle ongoing contract issues.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $3 higher versus one week ago.

A recent Senate hearing concerning the water sources in the West drying up warned states in the Colorado River Basin to act sooner than later.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $4 lower on average versus one week ago.

While railroads and worker unions are still in a 30-day cooling-off period, various shipper groups have asked President Biden to intervene sooner than later.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $7 lower on average versus one week ago.

Rail and port workers are in the midst of contact negotiations, and failure to come to an agreement could be a disaster for West Coast ports and railroads.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $7 lower on average versus one week ago.

After more than two years of contract negotiations and three weeks of mediation, rail unions rejected the railroads' current proposals.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was $7 lower on average versus one week ago.

Contract talks between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshoreman Warehouse Union are taking place as current contract expiration looms.