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We took entries from nine shippers. Those horsemen will be required to produce a 72-hour health certificate at the stable gate, which indicates that they are free from the virus.

Sal Sinatra

Under the collaborative framework of Advantage Oregon, we will leverage the enormous freight buying power of Oregon agricultural shippers and use the latest in transportation management software to drive cost efficiencies and service improvements for the benefit of our out-of-state customers.

John Aguirre

This is not going to have a huge impact on us. We currently ship through third-party shippers to New York and Michigan, so the biggest impact is symbolic in that it will hopefully allow us to ship to more states.

Phil Bilodeau

If we see opportunities to improve relationships with shippers, we work with them.

Pope John

The earnings momentum at Kawasaki Kisen and other Japanese shippers has already peaked. It's not good to aggressively invest in the sector at this moment.

Makoto Kikuchi

If you look at our record and their record, they are the ones that have damaged the confidence of shippers in railroads, not us.

Mark Hallman

They're hungry for information. As an industry, and as a specific carrier, I need to give my shippers that information, too.

Jim O'neal

Having multimodal access is important because shippers want to immediately move product off ships to rail via hopper or tank car. There is also growing consideration -- given fuel costs, capacity issues, and emissions concerns -- for offloading product to barge for all-water movement elsewhere.

Jay Baird

Shippers need to monitor the level of service they're using. When it comes to fuel, the carrier can help shippers identify air to ground shipments—sometimes it's hard to believe but they will do it to keep the business.

Doug Caldwell

It's not terribly surprising to me that it might take quite a marketing effort to interest shippers beyond the traditional base of prairie grain.

Paul Larson

We are expanding at the right time. We have invested in the terminal at the Port of Baltimore because we continue to attract the cargo and want to remain an asset to both shippers and the port.

Rob Adams

Shippers can reduce transportation costs, especially for bulk commodities, by moving product through a port -- particularly one that has multimodal opportunities such as barge, rail, and truck.

Jay Baird

Shippers that are not aligned with their carriers and carriers that aren't approaching their shippers in a collaborative way are really going to suffer. It's a difficult marketplace.

Derek Leathers

Without a mandate, shippers will not take on the economic burden.

Scott Rose

The board's mandate is to protect the interests of shippers, not of competitors. We urge everyone to wait to see the facts before pouncing in absence of information.

Mark Hallman

Nobody wants the congestion to end more than the shippers.

Ed Emmett

The longer this goes on, the worse it's going to be for shippers. They're still getting in holiday cargoes and freight. The longer they delay, the worse it's going to be to dig out from the mess.

Ed Rastatter