Trucking and logistics companies with a focus on intermodal operations have been leading on environmental, social and corporate governance scoring in the transportation space.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners agreed to buy Triton International, the world’s largest owner of intermodal shipping containers, for $4.7 billion.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Throughout 2022, the intermodal industry has responded to shifting consumer demand, supply chain disruptions, shipper demands and more.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The intermodal freight industry is debating how much it should invest in infrastructure and other expenditures to build resiliency in the face of disruptive shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Global trade patterns distorted by the COVID-19 pandemic have thrown the intermodal shipping industry out of whack, creating massive imbalances in shipping containers, intermodal chassis and drayage drivers.

The new intermodal port in Arkansas between Van Buren and Fort Smith continues to move forward with hopes of breaking ground in two years. The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority met on July 7 to learn about updates to the project.

Mark-It Express Logistics is expanding operations with the acquisition of the operating assets of Spirit Trucking Co., the company announced Jan. 17.

Shifting market needs and ballooning costs led Alliant Energy Transportation to revamp a multimillion-dollar intermodal project on nearly 75 acres it owns, northwest of Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids.

PORTLAND — In about the same amount of time it takes for an office coffee break — 25 to 30 minutes, give or take — a semi-truck pulls into Northwest Container Services.