Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.


Rail Traffic for the Week Ending April 10, 2021

AJOT | April 15, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

Alstom ends dispute over $3.1 billion Paris rail refurbishment

Bloomberg | April 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

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Southeastern Freight Lines promotes Michael Cotter to Service Center Manager in Lexington, Kentucky

AJOT | April 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking | People | Appointments

Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced Michael Cotter has been promoted to service center manager in Lexington, Kentucky.

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NEXT Trucking launches new customer portal giving shippers full control over their freight

AJOT | April 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

New Freight Management Platform Increases Flexibility, Visibility, and Control for Shippers

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Graves statement on call for National VMT Program

AJOT | April 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement regarding a letter sent today by a wide array of transportation stakeholders calling for a national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) implementation program

STV promotes Paul E. Bobby, P.E. to Vice President

AJOT | April 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail | People | Appointments

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Justice Department urges regulator to nix CP Rail share swap ahead of merger

Bloomberg | April 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

The U.S. Department of Justice urged the regulator that oversees rail mergers to keep Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Kansas City Southern from combining their shares before their proposed merger and said it might intervene further in the review of the deal.

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Innovative BYD SkyRail hits major milestone in the Americas

AJOT | April 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

An advanced, high-speed, high-capacity monorail system similar to the one proposed to ease Los Angeles traffic congestion, hit a major milestone when the first Bahia SkyRail vehicle rolled off the BYD production line.

PSC Expands Network with Michigan Location

AJOT | April 09, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Volvo Group and SSAB to collaborate on the world’s first vehicles of fossil-free steel

AJOT | April 08, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Volvo Group and SSAB have signed a collaboration agreement on research, development, serial production and commercialization of the world’s first vehicles to be made of fossil-free steel. Volvo plans already this year to start the production of concept vehicles and components from steel made by SSAB using hydrogen.

Biden infrastructure plan seeks $571 billion in transport funds
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Bloomberg | Top Story | April 08, 2021

Biden infrastructure plan seeks $571 billion in transport funds

President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure bill calls for $571 billion in additional transportation spending over current federal levels, and $50 billion to make infrastructure more resilient to climate change, according to White House documents sent to Capitol Hill that were reviewed by Bloomberg News.
Granite bound for US countertops delayed by container shortage
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Bloomberg | Top Story | April 08, 2021

Granite bound for US countertops delayed by container shortage

The American quest for swankier kitchens is running into difficulties importing granite slabs for countertops and vexing industries ranging from trucking to interior decorating.
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With $1.6 trillion forecasted for total expenditures by end of decade, water utility operations face significant disruption

AJOT | April 07, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

The day-to-day cost of operating and maintaining U.S. municipal water and wastewater infrastructure is taking on an oversized share of utilities’ total expenditures (TOTEX). Over the last fifty years, spending on operations has escalated from a 50% to a 66% share of total utility expenditures with few signals of slowing, according to a new report from Bluefield Research.

Many routes to 1000 mile battery vehicles, reports IDTechEx

AJOT | April 07, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Rail traffic for March and the week ending April 3, 2021

AJOT | April 07, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

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