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The potential strike or lockout at Northwest grain terminals is off for at least a day as a negotiations continue between labor and management.
The grain terminal negotiators plan to respond soon to comments received from the longshore union on a contract offer they call final.
The six terminals involved along the Columbia River and on Puget Sound handle a quarter of the nation's grain exports.
submitted comments on a "last, best and final offer" from the terminal owners hours before it expires at midnight Wednesday, Nov 28.
Representatives of the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers Association met Nov 28 and issued a brief statement saying they would respond Thursday, Nov 29.
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TEGMA Welcomes
New Member
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TEGMA is pleased to welcome two new members since the last newsletter.
The David J Joseph Company
Associate Member
Representative: Matt Siemer
The David J. Joseph Company is a large company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. DJJ has a rail car leasing group and leases hopper cars to the grain industry. DJJ is interested in developing business relationships with Western grain industry companies.
Website
American Railcar
Associate Member
Representative: Alan Lullman
American Railcar Industries, Inc. (ARI) has its headquarters in Saint Charles, Missouri outside of Saint Louis on the grounds of American Car and Foundry's original manufacturing center. ARI was formed in 1994 from the acquisition of railcar component manufacturing and railcar maintenance assets from ACF Industries. Today ARI, a publicly held corporation, is a fully integrated supplier to the North American freight car market.
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SAVE THE DATE!
Fall Transportation Symposium 2013 | |
TEGMA's Annual Fall Transportation Symposium, will be held at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri, September 12 & 13, 2013.
Mark your calendars!
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TEGMA Leadership
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Officers
Chairman
Todd McQueen
The Scoular Company
First Vice Chairman
Mark Huston
Louis Dreyfus Commodities
Second Vice Chairman
Brian Mehrmann
Gavilon Grain
Board of Directors
Greg Edelblute
Cereal Food Processors
Roger Fray
West Central Cooperative
Pete Goetzmann
ADM Grain Company
Barbara Haertling
BNSF Railway
Paul Hammes
Union Pacific
J.L. (Joey) Meibergen III
W.B. Johnston Grain Co.
Tom Meyer
Kansas Grain Inspection Service
Ryan Pellett
JD Heiskell
Staff
President
Bob Petersen
Treasurer/Secretary
Erica Venancio
Director of Communications
Abigail Hiles
Contact Info
TEGMA Office
P.O. Box 26426
Kansas City, MO 64196
Tel: (816) 569-4020
Fax: (816) 221-8189
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Issue: Q4
| November 30, 2012
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2013 TEGMA ANNUAL MEETING: Registration Open!
| | The weather is just now getting cold and we are looking to get somewhere warm! Join us for the 2013 TEGMA Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ!
This year TEGMA will hold its Annual Meeting at the spectacular  Montelucia Resort and Spa. For reservations, CLICK HERE, or call 1 (877) 627-3010.
PROGRAM Below is our preliminary program for the Annual Meeting: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. TEGMA Board meeting 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. General Session 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Reception 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Banquet Friday, January 25, 2013 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. General Session FEATURED SPEAKERS TEGMA is excited to announce the following confirmed speakers for the 2013 Annual Meeting! Kevin Fry, Vice President, River Consulting "Latest Practices in Grain Elevator Design" Don Jackson, CEO, JBS USA "JBS: A World of Protein" John Kraemer, Group Vice President, Ag Products, Norfolk Southern "Norfolk Southern: One Line, Infinite Possibilities" Mark Stoppel, Managing Director, Sales & Logistics, AEP River Operations "Navigating Changing Tides" REGISTRATION RATES Member:  Before 12/28 - $495 After 12/28- $545 Spouse: Rate- $150 Non-Member Before 12/28 - $725 After 12/28- $775 REGISTER NOW!! |
| KCS Rings in 125th Anniversary at NYSE | |
On November 27th, Kansas City Southern executives marked the Class I's 125th anniversary by ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
KCS was founded in 1887 by Arthur Stilwell, who envisioned a single-line railroad from the U.S. heartland to the Gulf of Mexico. Building off of his vision to develop a north-south railroad, KCS extended its network into Mexico in 1997 by joining with Transportaci�n Ferroviaria Mexicana S.A. de C.V. (TFM) to operate the Northeast Railway, which was considered Mexico's premier rail line.
In 2005, KCS acquired full ownership of TFM and renamed it Kansas City Southern de M�xico S.A. de C.V., resulting in the first
and only coordinated rail network between the United States and Mexico, KCS officials said in a prepared statement.
Last year, KCS handled 2 million carloads and generated revenue of $2.1 billion - the first time carloads reached the 2 million threshold and annual revenue exceeded $2 billion, they said.
"The ringing of the opening bell of trading on the New York Stock Exchange is for us a celebration of the contributions of generations of dedicated KCS employees," said KCS Executive Chairman Mike Haverty.
Source: Progressive Railroading
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| Halifax Grain Silos Filling up after Elimination of Wheat Board Monopoly | |
Halifax appears to be benefiting from the elimination of the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on selling Canadian grain.
 Grain exports through Halifax grain elevators have gone up over the last year and a company spokesman believes some of the increase can be attributed to changes at the Wheat Board.
Grain silos in the city are filling up. Many are filled with soybeans from Maritime farms, but some are filling up with grain from Western Canada. The grain from the west will be stored in Halifax and then loaded onto ships.
In 2009, there were no grain exports in the city but things started up again in 2010 and this fall. "Certainly some of that would have to do with changes in the wheat board, with people looking to see what they are going to do," says Jeff Brownlie of Halifax Grain Elevator Ltd. After the federal government cancelled the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly in August, western farmers have been free to sell their own crops.
To read more, CLICK HERE.
Source: GrainNet.com/CTV
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Judge Lets Lawsuit on Grain Settlements Proceed
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A group of grain traders can proceed with a lawsuit to overturn new price-settlement rules at CME Group that they say are killing business in the historic open-outcry trading pits, a judge in Chicago ruled on Monday, Nov 26.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Lee Preston denied a motion from CME, owner of the Chicago Board of Trade, to dismiss the lawsuit. Al Hogan, a lawyer for CME, declined to comment after the judge issued his ruling. A spokesperson for the exchange did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"It's a big win," said Richard Goldwasser, a lawyer for the traders. 
The traders, who work in the open-outcry pits on the Chicago Board of Trade's 140-year-old agricultural trading floor, sued CME in June to halt end-of-day settlement rules that factor in transactions executed electronically, where most of the volume takes place.
Prior to the change, CME had a century-old tradition of settling futuresprices for crops like corn and soybeans based on transactions executed in the pits.
The lawsuit represents the last stand for traders on the floor, who traditionally did much of their business at the close of trading and say the new procedures are making the pits irrelevant. Some believe CME wants to shut down the floor in favor of electronic trading because the pits are expensive to keep open.
Source: Reuters
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AAR to STB: Consider Natural Gas Competition for Coal Rate Cases
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) said November 19th it has petitioned the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to initiate a rulemaking that would propose re-introducing indirect competition- specifically product and geographic competition for fuel used to generate  power- as a factor to be considered in determining if the STB has jurisdiction to hear rate cases involving the transportation of coal to coal-fired power plants.
AAR stressed that STB "has jurisdiction over rail rates only where a carrier is 'market dominant,' where it does not face effective competition. Where railroads face effective competition, current law allows the market to determine the level of rail rates."
AAR said "ample public information" now exists allowing STB to determine where indirect competition in wholesale power markets exists and whether it effectively puts downward pressure on coal rail transportation rates, particularly given the low price of natural gas in recent years.
To read more, CLICK HERE.
Source: Railway Age
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SPONSORSHIP Opportunities!
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TEGMA is pleased to announce sponsorship opportunities for its 2013 Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ at the Montelucia Resort & Spa. This is an excellent opportunity to gain visibility for your company while also supporting TEGMA. Help us make this meeting a success while enhancing your company's corporate image!
Sponsorship includes:
- Signage at the sponsored event
- Recognition at the meeting and in all pre-meeting materials
- Logo included in meeting program and website
Event Sponsorship Level
Thursday Banquet $2,000/each
Thursday Evening Reception $1,500/each
Thursday Afternoon Meeting Break $1,000/each
Friday Morning Meeting Break $1,000/each
Audio/Visual Sponsorship $1,000/each
Printing Sponsorship $500/each
To sponsor, please contact Erica Venancio at [email protected] or (816) 569-4020.
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