Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.


U.K. hands Bombardier Rail $2.3 billion Brexit jobs boost

Bloomberg | January 20, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

ATA Freight Successfully Completes ISO Reverification

AJOT | January 20, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Polar Service Centers expands its network with three new facilities

AJOT | January 20, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 7.4% in December

AJOT | January 20, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 7.4% in December after rising 3.2% in November. In December, the index equaled 120 (2015=100) compared with 111.7 in November.

Brexit border trouble grows as key customs system is maxed out
Intermodal
Bloomberg | Top Story | January 20, 2021

Brexit border trouble grows as key customs system is maxed out

A key U.K. government customs system has been overwhelmed within weeks of Brexit and threatens to trigger more disruption as freight traffic rebounds.
Aurora gets autonomous-truck validation in Paccar deal

Bloomberg | January 19, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

GM jumps as Microsoft joins $2 billion self-driving venture

Bloomberg | January 19, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

SC&RA leadership results in a win for trucking industry

AJOT | January 19, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Truckload demand slows and prices fall

AJOT | January 19, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Jan 11 - 17 - Truckload rates began to decline last week, with slower demand met with looser capacity. As a result, load-to-truck ratios fell for each trailer type, taking pressure off of what had previously been record high rates at the turn of the calendar year.

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RoadOne IntermodaLogistics acquires DDI Transportation

AJOT | January 19, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Begins the process of building out its domestic drayage national platform.

Estes Express Lines to hold hiring events in Minneapolis

AJOT | January 19, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

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U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General James C. McConville inspires Wreaths Across America’s 2021 theme

AJOT | January 19, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

The inspiration for this year’s theme came from a statement made by United States Army Chief of Staff, General James C. McConville, in an interview with Chris Wallace on ‘Fox News Sunday’ in early November 2020.

Court unanimously confirms FMCSA’s authority to review state commercial vehicle rules
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AJOT | Top Story | January 18, 2021

Court unanimously confirms FMCSA’s authority to review state commercial vehicle rules

ATA pleased by ninth circuit ruling upholding meal and rest break preemption
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FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for November Eases from October High

AJOT | January 18, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) fell in November from the previous month’s record high. The November reading of 10.26 is still strong as rising freight rates continue to power robust trucking conditions FTR expects the index to settle into single-digit positive readings through 2021, reflecting a healthy but more stable truck freight market.

Eurostar Survival Concern Grows as U.K. Firms Lobby for Rescue

Bloomberg | January 17, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

Stuck in Kent: How Brexit Red Tape Strangled Cross-Border Trade

Bloomberg | January 15, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Phillips Connect unveils revolutionary smart trailer solution

AJOT | January 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

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