News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.
| July 15, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail | Maritime | Liner Shipping
This new Maersk´s intermodal service has moved its first 37 x 40 containers in 32 days. The cargo was sent by truck from Cartagena, Spain, to Madrid during May. From there left via block train to Duisburg, Germany, and from there all the way to Hefei, China, using Małaszewicze, Poland as the EU exit point. Final destination is Nansha, capital of Guangdong Province, where the block train will arrive by the end of June.
| July 15, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking
| July 15, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking
| July 15, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.1% in May from April, rising for the third consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). From May 2020 to May 2021 the index rose 8.1% compared to a decline of 8.9% from May 2019 to May 2020 and a rise of 2.3% from May 2018 to May 2019 (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).
| July 15, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking
| July 15, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail | Maritime | Liner Shipping
In complement to CMA CGM’s current rail service Beira > Harare, they have announced a new product with a weekly departure from Maputo on Mozex service to Ramp Harare, Bulawayo and Gweru.
| July 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail
| July 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking
The weeks leading up to Independence Day typically mark an annual peak in spot truckload freight volume and rates following a rush to move goods ahead of the close of June and the July 4 holiday. While last year was an exception, 2021 is starting to follow a more typical pattern albeit at elevated levels: spot rates for van, refrigerated and flatbed freight are on average 70 cents per mile higher than at this time in 2020 and nearly 76 cents higher than the five-year post-July 4 average.
| July 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Shipping Technology | Trucking
Ensures the reliability and efficiency of their communications along the cold chain and protection from network obsolescence
| July 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail
| July 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking
Electric vehicle startup Trova Commercial Vehicles (TrovaCV) has added truck industry veteran Russ Tedder to its Advisory Board.
| July 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Logistics | Trucking
| July 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking
| July 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail
| July 12, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking
| July 12, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking
Roads are essential to the world economy, linking people and products through a variety of transport. The freight and haulage sector is at the heart of this, with commercial road going vehicles, such as trucks, making up a large proportion of the way goods are moved across countries and between borders. Last year alone, more than 10.8 billion tons of freight were transported across the US.
| July 12, 2021 | Intermodal
As Federal stimulus fades and supply constraints continue, U.S. shipment volumes declined by 4.2% compared to May, on a seasonally adjusted basis. That said, 2021 volumes pulled ahead of 2019 levels in May, and showed a positive comparison again in June.
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