Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

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Southeastern Freight Lines Promotes Lawson Saunders to Service Center Manager in Fort Worth, Texas

Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced Lawson Saunders has been promoted to service center manager in Fort Worth, Texas.

ATA thanks Department of Transportation for acting to ease burdens on drivers

AJOT | March 24, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

IICL open letter to the container / chassis leasing and international container transportation community

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CakeBoxx Technologies welcomes Stolarczyk as Senior Vice President

CakeBoxx Technologies welcomes supply chain and logistics leader Michael J. Stolarczyk to the team as Senior Vice President – North America Sales. Michael joins the company's McLean corporate HQ this month, bringing with him more than three decades of global supply chain & logistics experience.

ATA Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.8% in February

AJOT | March 24, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

US truckers enjoy demand surge but ‘scary’ shakeout looms

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Bloomberg | Top Story | March 23, 2020

US truckers enjoy demand surge but ‘scary’ shakeout looms

U.S. trucking companies are riding a surge in cargo demand from consumers stockpiling basic goods, but it probably won’t last long.

TRAC Intermodal Business Continuity Plan during COVID-19

AJOT | March 23, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Strengths of rail freight transport for European supply chain become extra visible in the Corona crisis

AJOT | March 23, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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U.K. steps in to save railways as Johnson warns of lockdown

Bloomberg | March 23, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

The U.K. government stepped in to shore up the country’s rail operators after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Britons they face “tougher measures” to fight the coronavirus outbreak, including a potential full lockdown if they continue to ignore calls to stop social gatherings.

Diesel technology meeting new demands on trucking, health care services from Coronavirus (COVID-19) response

AJOT | March 20, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Engineering Association says now is the time to increase investment in America’s critical infrastructure

AJOT | March 20, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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DAT market updates in response to COVID-19

AJOT | March 20, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Summary Freight markets are currently dealing with two high-level issues related to COVID-19: the impact of imports and domestic replenishment. Companies in the U.S. increased their inventories last year in response to rising trade tensions with China. This has proven to provide a much-needed buffer to deal with the disruption in imports from China and Southeast Asia in general.