Washington, D.C. – American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman urged the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to work toward service, rate and dispute improvements in a statement regarding the board’s May 22, 23 oversight hearing. AF&PA Director, Government and Industry Affairs Julie Landry’s submitted testimony for the official record for the Oversight Hearing on Demurrage and Accesorial Charges held at the International Trade Commission.

“When it comes to shipping forest and wood products across the nation’s rail system, our manufacturers deserve reliable service at a reasonable rate and a fair process to resolve supply chain disruptions and billing disputes. We thank the Surface Transportation Board for hearing our voice on issues that are so central to effectively moving raw materials to mills and finished products to markets. We look forward to working with the board to deliver service, rate and dispute improvements to support our industry’s ability to compete, grow the economy and create American manufacturing jobs.”