News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.
| November 25, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
The innovation in automated trucks has made it possible to transport goods and materials without manual support. The technology is hailed by the automotive sector since it has helped them in significantly curbing the risk of accidents caused due to negligence. Automated trucks also are considered an environment-friendly option for transporting goods since they use gas and energy in lesser volume.
| November 25, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
| November 25, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail
| November 25, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
| November 25, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal
| November 24, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
Motorway Buddy, the app to assist road hauliers and drivers to accurately plan their overnight parking, has been enhanced with UK police-sourced theft and vehicle interference data to identify safer parking options.
| November 24, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
| November 24, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 6.3% in October after gaining 5.7% in September. In October, the index equaled 106.8 (2015=100) compared with 114 in September.
| November 23, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
Averitt Express has expanded its facility in Laredo, TX with the addition of 35,000-sq.-ft of distribution and fulfillment space. The expansion increases the company’s ability to provide a wider array of supply chain services to customers that move freight through the continent’s busiest trade port with Mexico.
| November 23, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, with October data, showed a second consecutive month of record tightness. October’s Volume Index was flat at 70.7 (SA), while Pricing dropped two points to 69.2, but still a top-decile result. With capacity and driver availability in contraction territory, at 45.8 and 28.6, respectively, the combination of strong demand and tight supply pushed the Supply-Demand Balance to its tightest level in survey history, now at 74.9.
| November 23, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal
| November 22, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
| November 20, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology | Intermodal | Trucking
Pelican BioThermal, the global name in temperature controlled packaging, announces deep frozen temperature controlled packaging options with temperature ranges of minus 80 degrees Celsius to minus 20 degrees Celsius. The new offerings help meet the growing need for increased deep frozen temperature ranges and payload capacities as pharmaceutical companies and their supply chains prepare to bring COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics to market.
| November 20, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
| November 20, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
Vnomics Corp., the provider of True Fuel®, a proven fuel saving technology that combines real-time driver coaching with insightful fuel efficiency data, today announced that Crum Trucking is renewing its contract to have True Fuel on all company-owned vehicles. The decision was based on realizing a 5% increase in MPG since implementing True Fuel. The carrier is also using information from True Fuel to help determine the most efficient specs for its expanding fleet.
| November 20, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail
iPort Rail, Doncaster, has this week welcomed a sixth daily train Felixstowe service, bringing the terminal back up to pre-pandemic service levels.
| November 20, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has spent years mocking the idea of using hydrogen fuel cells rather than electric batteries to power next-generation green vehicles. “Fuel cells = fool sells,” the boss of the world’s top electric-car maker tweeted in June.
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