Shippers urged the U.S. railroad regulator to create more competition in the industry during hearings in which Union Pacific Corp. was called to explain a spike in service restrictions.
Univar Solutions Inc., a chemicals distributor, deals with all modes of transportation from air to barge, and railroads stand out as “notoriously difficult to do business with,” Rob McRae, vice president of transportation, told the Surface Transportation Board on Dec. 13.
