US railways prepare to impose embargo on accepting ocean containers
THE two US western railways, Union Pacific and BNSF, will act fast and decisively by immediately placing an embargo on accepting ocean containers if there's a US west coast port lockout on intermodal service, according to intermodal analysts.
If waterfront employers lock out longshoremen the two railways would also place an embargo on interchanging ocean container terminals from the two major US eastern railroads, CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway, some analysts said in interviews with Newark's Journal of Commerce.
BNSF recently imposed such an embargo on westbound ocean - only to lift the ban two days later, saying intermodal freight movement had "become more manageable".