OMAHA, Neb. — A Singapore-based shipping firm, Ocean Network Express, is suing Union Pacific over the thefts of packages it says were stolen from UP trains during a widely reported series of break-ins to intermodal trains in Los Angeles.
The Omaha World Herald reports ONE has filed suit over the theft of $166,000 worth of an amino acid, L-arginine, moving from St. Louis to Shanghai, China, and over 360 pieces of solar panels valued at $16,000 en route from China to Salt Lake City.
The breach-of-contract suit in Nebraska District Court addresses only a fraction of more than $5 million in thefts and other losses reported by UP in 2021. Thefts from container trains in the LA area were widely publicized after photos circulated of an area along UP’s tracks strewn with discarded packaging from stolen items; California Gov. Gavin Newsom eventually visited the site and helped with cleanup while announcing state funding to combat the issue [see “California governor visits site of train thefts …,” Trains News Wire, Jan. 21, 2022].
UP told the newspaper it was aware of the suit “and still reviewing the information.” It has not yet filed a response.
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