Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

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Banyan Technology launches insights

AJOT | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Banyan Technology, the provider of a breakthrough data connectivity platform that delivers real time freight pricing intelligence, today announced Insights, a data-driven solution used by LTL carriers to balance and maximize capacity on their networks and to provide measurable savings for shippers.

DAMCO app monitors infant formula shipments for Nestlé

AJOT | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Logistics | Trucking

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Greater Magdeburg is a model region for innovative mobility concepts

AJOT | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Around 80 percent of Saxony-Anhalt’s population lives in rural areas. That calls for a lot of mobility. How do we reconcile this with efforts to reduce traffic volumes and harmful emissions? Researchers at Otto von Guericke University (OVGU) in Magdeburg are developing intelligent mobility concepts.

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Visible SCM acquires TriCon, brings International Shipping/Customs Brokerage Services

AJOT | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Visible Supply Chain Management (Visible), an industry leader in shipping and fulfillment services for small to midsize businesses, today announced it has acquired TriCon, a logistics and fulfillment company based in Dallas, Texas.

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Musk says Tesla is ‘very close’ to developing fully autonomy vehicles

Bloomberg | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. is “very close” to developing fully autonomous vehicles and could work out the basics of that technology as soon as this year, he said in a prerecorded video played during the World AI Conference in Shanghai.

CN breaks multiple grain records

AJOT | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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Ontruck continues European expansion with international transport

AJOT | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

• Ontruck’s latest service expansion connects strategic logistics hubs across Western and Central Europe • The Pan-European network will facilitate exports from Spain into Portugal, France, Germany, Benelux and Poland and imports from across Europe into Spain and Portugal • The milestone consolidates Ontruck’s strategy of becoming Europe’s leading end-to-end service provider for shippers.

Weekly rail traffic for the week ending July 4, 2020

AJOT | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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Dachser Chile LCL service from Europe sees 35% increase in demand

AJOT | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Dachser Chile, a premier global logistics provider, announces that its weekly LCL service from Hamburg, Germany to San Antonio, Chile has seen a 35% increase in demand since launching in April of this year. In fact, the company, will likely expand the service to accommodate the growing needs in the market.

OmniTRAX’s Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad works with San Joaquin partnership to launch Rail-Ready Sites program

AJOT | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Protesters, thieves target South African truck operators

Bloomberg | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Dubai to open $3 billion rail line as city gets back to business

Bloomberg | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail