Pit & Quarry, February 2018

EVENTS Exhibitors added to Hillhead 2018 lineup he Hillhead trade show held near Manchester England will add exhibitors for 2018 with indoor and T outdoor exhibit space set to expand Some of the shows exhibitors include Terex Group SMT Volvo JCB Komatsu Finning Case Sandvik Hyundai Bell Liebherr Doosan Atlas Copco Bomag Wirtgen McCloskey Telestack Hitachi Metso Parker Plant and CDE Global The level of rebooking has been exceptionally high and it is fantastic to see so many companies coming back to us year on year says Harvey Sugden event manager It emphasizes the importance of the show to the industry which is a real highlight in the calendar for exhibitors and visitors alike The company says a full exhibitor list will be released in January and the events website will launch an interactive Engage tool that will allow visitors to schedule meetings with exhibitors as well as customize and personalize their individual show experience Hillhead will take place June 26 28 2018 at the Hillhead Quarry just outside of Buxton England Freight rail traffic up in 2017 aggregate rail volume up in December T In December 2017 shipments of crushed stone sand and gravel by rail were up 231 percent PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE QMJ GROUP TOP LEHIGH HANSON BOTTOM pitandquarry com February 2018 PIT QUARRY 7 join Summit says Tom Hill CEO of Summit I have known him for years and his depth and breadth of experience in our industry will add impactful leadership to our already strong team I am confident that Karl will make a great partner as we strengthen Summit for our next phase of growth Watson has more than 25 years of experience in the construction materials industry In 2017 he served as president of cement and Southwest readymix at Martin Marietta Prior to Martin Marietta Watson served in various leadership positions at Cemex including as president of Cemex USA UPtoSPEED Hillhead 2018 will expand to include additional exhibitors this summer otal U S carload traffic for 2017 was 134 million carloads up 29 percent or 381266 carloads from 2016 reports the Association of American Railroads AAR In addition carload traffic was 140 million intermodal units up 39 percent or 521121 containers and trailers from 2016 According to AAR total combined U S traffic for the full year of 2017 was 274 million carloads and intermodal units an increase of 34 percent compared with the previous year In addition U S railroads originated 998168 carloads in December 2017 up 25 percent or 24606 carloads from December 2016 U S railroads also originated 106 million containers and trailers in December 2017 which is up 53 percent or 53980 units compared with December 2016 Combined U S carload and intermodal originations in December 2017 were 206 million up 4 percent or 78586 carloads and intermodal units compared with December 2016 Rail traffic finished 2017 on a positive note says John Gray AAR senior vice president In December total carloads were up for the first time in six months and 14 of the 20 carload categories we track saw yearover year gains the most for any month in almost three years Meanwhile intermodal volume was up for the 11th straight month and set a new annual record breaking the previous mark set in 2015 According to AAR in December 2017 14 of the 20 carload commodity categories tracked by the association saw carload gains compared with December 2016 This includes crushed stone sand and gravel which was up 15632 carloads or 231 percent TRANSPORTATION