Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

YRC Worldwide reports second quarter 2020 results

AJOT | August 04, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Old Dominion Freight Line grows service center network in 2020

AJOT | August 03, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Leading LTL carrier invests in service center capacity to continue award-winning service

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TAPA’s secure truck parking database breaks through the 7,000 barrier as more sites join up in EMEA

AJOT | August 03, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

The number of secure truck parking places in TAPA EMEA’s Parking Security Requirement (PSR) database broke through the 7,000 barrier in July as more sites joined the Association’s programme to support the resilience of trucking operations, improve driver safety and reduce cargo thefts across the region.

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Davies Turner Group gains environmental certification

AJOT | August 03, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

The Environmental Management System in place at four of the Davies Turner Group’s regional distribution centres in the UK has been certified to the ISO14001:2015 standard by the market-leading provider of technology-led compliance and risk management solutions, Alcumus.

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Matthieu Gasselin, New CEO of Sogemar Group, the Intermodal Arm of Contship Italia Group

AJOT | July 31, 2020 | Intermodal | People | Appointments

The board of Sogemar Spa, will appoint Matthieu Gasselin as new Chief Executive Officer of Sogemar Group starting September the 1st 2020.

EC clears Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier Transportation

AJOT | July 31, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Alstom’s Bombardier rail deal wins conditional EU approval

Bloomberg | July 31, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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$17 billion China-backed subsea Baltic tunnel Is set back

Bloomberg | July 31, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

A plan to build the world’s longest undersea rail tunnel suffered its biggest setback yet when the Estonian government rejected a Finnish developer, citing reasons that include national security.

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DAT spot truckload market summary, week ending July 26

AJOT | July 30, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Spot Truckload Rates Rise Amid Supply Chain Imbalances

Intermodal

AJOT | Top Story | July 30, 2020

Intermodal declines continue in second quarter

Total intermodal volumes dropped 11.9 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2020, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Quarterly report. International shipments fell 15.4 percent from 2019, while domestic containers and trailers fell 7.0 percent and 14.0 percent, respectively.

FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index for May falls sharply M/M but remains historically high

AJOT | July 30, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

TAPCO awarded US DOT research contract to further develop innovative wrong-way driving solutions on highway ramps

AJOT | July 30, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Lightning Systems launches new energy division to provide charging solutions to fleets

AJOT | July 30, 2020 | Energy | Intermodal | Trucking

Lightning Systems, a developer and manufacturer of zero-emission commercial electric vehicles, announces the launch of Lightning Energy, a new division of the Colorado-based company that offers charging technologies and services to commercial and government fleets.