Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners signs agreement to acquire TRAC Intermodal 

AJOT Newsroom | February 18, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners announced today that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire TRAC Intermodal (“TRAC”), a leading intermodal infrastructure provider, and its subsidiaries from investment funds managed by an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC.

YRC Worldwide launches new industry-centric sales verticals

AJOT Newsroom | February 18, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Phillips Connect Technologies enters into Preferred Partner Agreement with CIE Manufacturing

AJOT Newsroom | February 18, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Daimler Trucks widens cost cuts as market downturn looms

Bloomberg | February 18, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Carrier Transicold rolls out more powerful Supra truck refrigeration units

AJOT Newsroom | February 18, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Three new models have been added to Carrier Transicold’s next-generation Supra® series of diesel-powered truck refrigeration units, providing more powerful cooling choices for small to large box trucks.

Alstom to Buy Bombardier Train Unit for Up to $6.7 Billion

Bloomberg | February 17, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Canadian National Rail protests affect freight - Woodland

AJOT Newsroom | February 17, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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Bloomberg | February 17, 2020

Rail blockades force Trudeau to scrap UN lobbying push

Justin Trudeau abandoned a trip to the Caribbean to deal with indigenous-rights protests that have crippled Canada’s railways.

CN supportive of the amendment to the Ministerial Order on train speed

AJOT Newsroom | February 17, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

The decision will allow safe and structured recovery on CN’s network when the illegal blockades are fully ended

Steve Bassett takes the helm of the American Truck Dealers

AJOT Newsroom | February 17, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

New illegal blockades in Vaughan and Vancouver, CN concerned about safety

AJOT Newsroom | February 17, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

ATD Chairwoman Jodie Teuton touts tenacity as fuel behind ATD’s success

AJOT Newsroom | February 17, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

In her farewell remarks today at ATD Show, Jodie Teuton, outgoing chairwoman of the American Truck Dealers (ATD), cited the tenacity of dealers as the source of ATD’s successful year.

CN initiated progressive and orderly shutdown of its Eastern Canadian network

AJOT Newsroom | February 17, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

CN announced Thursday that the Company has been forced to initiate a disciplined and progressive shutdown of its operations in Eastern Canada. This will include stopping and safely securing all trans-continental trains across its Canadian network and may imminently lead to temporary layoffs within the company’s Eastern Canadian operational staff.