intermodal
IANA Honors Former Norfolk Southern Executive with Silver Kingpin Award
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Intermodal Association of North America bestowed Robert Huffman with the Silver Kingpin Award, honoring the retired Norfolk Southern intermodal executive whose career spanned 41 years.
September 27, 2017Gem Containers Receives Funding From Crestline
Crestline Investors Inc. will provide an unspecified amount of financing to Gem Containers Ltd. to expand its tank container leasing and management business.
September 25, 2017Intermodal Outlook Positive for 2018
FTR intermodal expert Gross (Ari Ashe/Transport Topics)
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Intermodal transportation has rebounded this year after receding in 2016, and analysts forecast that next year also will be strong for the industry.
September 21, 2017Intermodal Could Gain From Trickle Down of ELD Mandate, Execs Say
TLA's Clair talks ELDs as John Larkin of Stifel (center) and Alan Murphy of SeaIntel listen. (Ari Ashe/Transport Topics)
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Truckload executives predict business conditions in 2018 will be robust due to the electronic logging device mandate and that intermodal could benefit from a trickle-down effect, they said during the annual Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Expo here.
September 21, 2017Plans for Inland Port on Arkansas River Taking Shape
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Elected officials received a status update on an inland port and intermodal project on the Arkansas River at the Port of Van Buren.
August 24, 2017Editorial: Market Forces at Work
Watching markets function would not make for a good spectator sport on TV, but the process does have its charms and we recommend it highly — especially when freight transportation is involved.
August 10, 2017Proposed Chicago Bypass Freight Railroad Responds to Opponents in Filing
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Great Lakes Basin Transportation entered its response July 31 to opposition groups’ arguments that its application to build a 271-mile freight railroad from northwest Indiana to southeast Wisconsin should be rejected.
August 1, 2017XPO Hires Christopher Synek as President of North American Transportation Division
XPO Logistics
XPO Logistics has hired Christopher Synek as president of transportation in North America, running the brokerage, expedited trucking, intermodal marketing, drayage and global forwarding businesses.
July 26, 2017Shippers Reluctant to Shift Freight Away From Trucks, but Intermodal Demand Could Rise
Amazon.com
Fewer shippers moved their freight from truckload to intermodal in the second quarter, but a shift could occur with the December electronic logging mandate, according to two surveys.
July 18, 2017Intermodal Operators Expand in E-Commerce as Online Retailers Seek to Control Costs
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Intermodal rail and trucking companies are competing to meet the transportation needs of e-commerce businesses while adapting to how these new supply chains differ from those of traditional brick-and-mortar retailers.
July 13, 2017