Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

CN to invest $30 million in Tennessee enabling sustainable growth, improving capacity and advancing the company’s commitment to safety

AJOT Newsroom | June 27, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

UK Railway strike resumes as talks fail to reach a deal

Bloomberg | June 26, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Truckstop.com partners with Trax

AJOT Newsroom | June 24, 2022 | Intermodal | Shipping Technology | Trucking

UK train strike to go ahead Saturday, network rail confirms

Bloomberg | June 24, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

DB Schenker and USA Truck to combine

AJOT Newsroom | June 24, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

DB Schenker’s Resources and Complementary Capabilities to Enable USA TRUCK to Accelerate its Long-Term Growth Strategy • USA Truck Stockholders to receive $31.72 per share in cash

Deutsche Bahn leans toward keeping Schenker unit

Bloomberg | June 24, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Highway Transport opens $11 million service center

AJOT Newsroom | June 24, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

Enhanced Midwest hub to serve customers across U.S. and Canada

Statements of  Commissioners on the proposed consolidation of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern Railways

AJOT Newsroom | June 24, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Federal Maritime Commissioners Carl W. Bentzel, Louis E. Sola, and Max M. Vekich, in their capacity as individual Commissioners, submitted comments Wednesday to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) opposing/objecting to the proposed consolidation of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd. and the Kansas City Southern Railway).

Top rail and shipping execs to present at Midwest Association of Rail Shippers Summer Meeting

Midwest Association of Rail Shippers | June 24, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Air Cargo

Bloomberg | June 23, 2022

British Airways staff at Heathrow vote to strike over pay

British Airways workers at London Heathrow airport are set to strike in a dispute over pay, adding to a wave of industrial action across Europe that threatens to unleash travel chaos in the region this summer.

Amtrak orders fifty more national network locomotives

AJOT Newsroom | June 23, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

125 cleaner, faster, more efficient engines will be in service by 2029

Air Cargo

Bloomberg | June 22, 2022

FedEx faces big changes as its new boss confronts higher costs, angry drivers

FedEx Corp.’s new chief executive officer, Raj Subramaniam, had plenty to contend with when he took over from package-delivery legend Fred Smith this month. Now he’ll have to roll out his growth strategy to a board that includes not only Smith, but new faces from an activist hedge fund as well.

Energy

Bloomberg | June 22, 2022

Electric trucks get boost from multi-megawatt charging stations

Battery-powered big rigs are becoming more popular thanks to powerful new technology.

Nikola’s Milton indicted on new fraud charge as trial approaches

London commute quiet between rail strikes as talks fail

Bloomberg | June 22, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Southeastern Freight Lines promotes Arrington to service center manager in Fredericksburg, Virginia

AJOT Newsroom | June 22, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced Terry Arrington has been promoted to service center manager in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

AxleHire announces expansion of last mile delivery services in Atlanta, Georgia

AxleHire | June 22, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

AxleHire, providing e-commerce companies with expedited, urban same day/next day deliveries, announced today that this summer they will start providing last mile delivery services in Atlanta, Georgia. The announcement marks AxleHire’s first expansion into the Southeastern region and comes on the heels of their expansion into the Washington D.C. and Baltimore markets.

DAT: Truckload van, reefer volumes slipped in May; spot van rate hit 22-month low

AJOT Newsroom | June 22, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

Truckload freight volumes declined for the third straight month in May and the average rate to move dry van freight on the spot market dipped below $2 per mile excluding fuel surcharges for the first time since July 2020, said DAT Freight & Analytics, operators of the industry’s largest truckload freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.