Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.


Tesla euphoria powers equity boom for electric imitators

Bloomberg | July 14, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Trucking moved 11.84 billion tons of freight in 2019

AJOT | July 13, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Railroad technology alliance TRAINS is tackling climate change on the railroads in Saxony-Anhalt

AJOT | July 10, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

The flagship for the future railroad technology region of Anhalt is a train. Or to be exact, a “green” railcar that the Dessauer Verkehrs AG (Dessau’s local transport company) plans to test on the route between Dessau and Wörlitz.

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Draft Environmental Study Released on Rail Facility

AJOT | July 10, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

The U.S. Maritime Administration has released a draft study on environmental impacts of the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, a Port of Long Beach project.

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DAT Spot Truckload Market Summary, Week Ending July 5

AJOT | July 10, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers

Spot freight activity slowed during the Fourth of July holiday week as the number of loads posted on the DAT network of load boards declined 20% compared to the previous week. The number of truck posts fell 8.5%.

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Roadstar Million Mile Safe Driver Bobby Jordan wins Landstar All-Star Truck Giveaway

AJOT | July 10, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Landstar System, Inc. announced the winner of the 2020 Landstar All-Star Truck Giveaway sponsored by Pilot Flying J. Landstar Million Mile Safe Driver and Roadstar Bobby Jordan of Soso, Mississippi, was the lucky winner of a 2020 Freightliner Cascadia 126.

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Banyan Technology launches insights 

AJOT | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Banyan Technology, the provider of a breakthrough data connectivity platform that delivers real time freight pricing intelligence, today announced Insights, a data-driven solution used by LTL carriers to balance and maximize capacity on their networks and to provide measurable savings for shippers.

DAMCO app monitors infant formula shipments for Nestlé

AJOT | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Logistics | Trucking

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Greater Magdeburg is a model region for innovative mobility concepts

AJOT | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Around 80 percent of Saxony-Anhalt’s population lives in rural areas. That calls for a lot of mobility. How do we reconcile this with efforts to reduce traffic volumes and harmful emissions? Researchers at Otto von Guericke University (OVGU) in Magdeburg are developing intelligent mobility concepts.

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Visible SCM acquires TriCon, brings International Shipping/Customs Brokerage Services

AJOT | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Visible Supply Chain Management (Visible), an industry leader in shipping and fulfillment services for small to midsize businesses, today announced it has acquired TriCon, a logistics and fulfillment company based in Dallas, Texas.

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Musk says Tesla is ‘very close’ to developing fully autonomy vehicles

Bloomberg | July 09, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. is “very close” to developing fully autonomous vehicles and could work out the basics of that technology as soon as this year, he said in a prerecorded video played during the World AI Conference in Shanghai.

CN breaks multiple grain records

AJOT | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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Ontruck continues European expansion with international transport 

AJOT | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

• Ontruck’s latest service expansion connects strategic logistics hubs across Western and Central Europe • The Pan-European network will facilitate exports from Spain into Portugal, France, Germany, Benelux and Poland and imports from across Europe into Spain and Portugal • The milestone consolidates Ontruck’s strategy of becoming Europe’s leading end-to-end service provider for shippers.

Weekly rail traffic for the week ending July 4, 2020

AJOT | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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Dachser Chile LCL service from Europe sees 35% increase in demand

AJOT | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Dachser Chile, a premier global logistics provider, announces that its weekly LCL service from Hamburg, Germany to San Antonio, Chile has seen a 35% increase in demand since launching in April of this year. In fact, the company, will likely expand the service to accommodate the growing needs in the market. 

Protesters, thieves target South African truck operators

Bloomberg | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Dubai to open $3 billion rail line as city gets back to business

Bloomberg | July 08, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Volkswagen management tumult spills over to truck subsidiary

Bloomberg | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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