UP-NS to be won or lost on the numbers…

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The Surface Transportation Board has made permanent the head of its office that evaluates merger economics, ahead of public comments on Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern. With the agency operating leaner, shippers are being urged to submit data-backed objections.

Recap: the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has made permanent the head of the office that tests merger economics, eight weeks before opening comments on Union Pacific’s bid for Norfolk Southern fall due. A leaner agency will do that work, and shippers who want their objections to land should bring their own data. The post UP-NS to be won or lost on the numbers… appeared first on The Loadstar.