Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

Why high-speed train is really the transport of choice in China

Bloomberg | November 21, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

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More sustainable and efficient operational model for Single Wagon Load in Antwerp port area

AJOT | November 17, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

Efficiently organizing what is known as the first-mile and last-mile traffic in the port area is a very difficult exercise. First of all, rail traffic is expected to grow...

Union Pacific property in Kansas City transformed into rail transload facility for plastic pellets

Intermodal

AJOT | Top Story | November 16, 2023

Union Pacific property in Kansas City transformed into rail transload facility for plastic pellets

An unused Union Pacific rail yard located in the heart of Kansas City has a renewed lease on life with the recent opening of a rail transload facility in a critical Midwest transportation corridor...

TIA applauds FMCSA for final rule on Broker financial responsibility

AJOT | November 16, 2023 | Intermodal | Trucking

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AAR recognizes two railroaders with Career Environmental Achievement Award

AJOT | November 16, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

At this week’s Railroad Environmental Conference, the industry recognized the longstanding work of two railroaders to advance environmental responsibility. The two honorees are Norfolk Southern’s (NS)...

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Germany faces severe rail disruption from train drivers strike. Drivers Strike

Bloomberg | November 16, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

German rail travelers are facing massive disruption from a 20-hour strike by train drivers that began late Wednesday and is due to continue until 6 p.m. local time on Thursday.

Australia scraps 50 road, rail projects to cut costs

Bloomberg | November 16, 2023 | Intermodal

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Rail Traffic for the week ending November 11, 2023

AJOT | November 15, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 497,348 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.4 percent compared with the same week last year...

Joe Hinrichs chairs B&O Railroad Museum’s campaign 200th anniversary in railroading

Intermodal

AJOT | Top Story | November 15, 2023

Joe Hinrichs chairs B&O Railroad Museum’s campaign 200th anniversary in railroading

Joe Hinrichs, President and CEO of CSX, to chair the B&O railroad Museum's campaign to transform its campus in Baltimore in preparation for the 200th Anniversary in railroading...

BNSF Railway goes live with Tideworks’ Intermodal TOS

AJOT | November 08, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

Rail traffic for the week ending November 4, 2023

AJOT | November 08, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

Indebted Transnet rolls over $381 million loans for four months

Bloomberg | November 08, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail | Ports & Terminals

UK rail strikes may end as RMT union puts deal to member vote

Bloomberg | November 08, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

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Private South Africa port project set to boost manganese exports

The Logistics Group has built a port facility in South Africa that will enable increased volumes of a key battery metal to be offloaded from one of the world’s longest freight trains for export as the country struggles with a lack of rail capacity, according to its chief executive officer.