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North Dakota shippers warned merger could cut competition, reduce market access
Summary
A BNSF public-affairs representative told the Interim Agriculture and Water Management Committee a proposed merger of major freight railroads could eliminate interline lanes, increase market concentration to about 45% and raise costs for agricultural shippers; she urged local stakeholders to engage the Surface Transportation Board review.
Amy McBeth, public affairs representative for BNSF, briefed the Interim Agriculture and Water Management Committee on a proposed merger of two Class I U.S. railroads and its likely effects on national freight competition and North Dakota shippers.
McBeth said the transaction would combine a western carrier with an eastern carrier and "would control almost half of the nation's, freight rail market, a 45% market share." She told the committee the Surface Transportation Board (STB) must…
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