Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

NYC’s Gateway Rail Project risks further delays, Watchdog warns

Bloomberg | February 08, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Amtrak needs to shore up its workload management to avoid further delays in the long-postponed Gateway project aimed at alleviating rail congestion between New York and New Jersey, the company’s watchdog reported.

DAT to integrate PIERS import-export data

AJOT Newsroom | February 08, 2022 | Intermodal | By The Numbers

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Bloomberg | February 07, 2022

Trudeau blasts trucker protest with key bridge to U.S. shut

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a hard line against trucker protests that have paralyzed Canada’s capital city and have now halted commercial traffic to the U.S. at the busiest border crossing between the two countries.

Truckers ordered to mute horns as protest strains life in Ottawa

Bloomberg | February 07, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

STV celebrates completion of the historic CT bridge rehab

AJOT Newsroom | February 04, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

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AJOT Newsroom | February 04, 2022

ICYMI: WSJ editorial calls out Biden’s “Highway funding bait-and-switch”

A Wall Street Journal editorial recently highlighted concerns about the Biden administration’s attempts to restrict states’ flexibility to build new roads and the Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) plan to bypass streamlining reforms in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) as Congress intended.

Truck it in raises largest early funding in Pakistan, MENA

Bloomberg | February 03, 2022 | Intermodal

Pakistan’s Truck It In has raised $13 million in early-stage funding, the largest for a logistics startup in the Middle East, North Africa and its home country.

Texas cold halts some Permian Oil as ice disrupts trucking

Bloomberg | February 03, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

Seacoast Capital exits non-control growth capital investment in East Coast Warehouse & Distribution

AJOT Newsroom | February 03, 2022 | Intermodal | Logistics | Trucking

Energy

Bloomberg | February 03, 2022

BlackRock, NextEra pitch EV charging network for US truck routes

BlackRock Inc., Daimler Truck Holding AG and NextEra Energy Inc. aim to spend $650 million to build and operate battery charging and hydrogen refueling stations for trucks across the U.S.

FTR reports preliminary North American Class 8 Net orders stayed steady in January at 21,400 units

AJOT Newsroom | February 03, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

Trudeau says Army response to trucker protest ‘not in the cards’

Bloomberg | February 03, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

CFI announces 2022 fleet purchase plans, driver pay increase

AJOT Newsroom | February 03, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

• Company to take delivery 770 new Kenworth T-680 Next Gen tractors, 250 new trailers in 2022 • Increases and aligns driver pay across operating units