Snow Stalls Freight in Northeast

(Journal of Commerce Online)

Winter storms disrupt freight movements from Great Lakes to Atlantic

Winter storms Wednesday stopped or slowed freight traffic and closed facilities from the Great Lakes to the East Coast. An expansive area of wintry precipitation is “moving from the Mississippi River Valley into the Midwest and toward the Mid-Atlantic,” said the National Weather Service. “Widespread heavy snows are likely over the next few days from the Great Lakes, upper Ohio Valley, central Appalachians, northern Mid-Atlantic, and into the New York City metro area/southern New England region.” Read more here.