Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

UPS creates 575 new jobs in Houston with new package delivery operation

AJOT | January 17, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Driver shortage/capacity crunch voted biggest challenge for supply chains in 2019

AJOT | January 17, 2019 | Intermodal | Logistics | Trucking

Alstom warns Siemens rail deal could be blocked by Europe

Bloomberg | January 17, 2019 | Intermodal

Repeal of proprietary products rule will promote innovation and provide states more flexibility, ARTBA says

AJOT | January 16, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Inxeption announces investment from UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund

Aurichio named Executive Director of the Containerization & Intermodal Institute

AJOT | January 16, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Siemens, Alstom mount last-ditch effort to save deal

Bloomberg | January 16, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail

Hitachi wins 600 EMU train cars for Intercity Express Service from the Taiwan Railways Administration

AJOT | January 15, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail

Innovation paves new roads at UPS with breakthrough technologies

AJOT | January 15, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Bringg announces $25 million financing round to accelerate growth as demand soars for faster deliveries and exceptional customer experience

AJOT | January 15, 2019 | Intermodal | Logistics | Trucking

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CenterPoint acquires 8.4 acres in Opa-locka - $315 million invested in Florida

AJOT | January 15, 2019 | Intermodal | Logistics | Trucking

CenterPoint Properties is proud to announce the strategic acquisition of an 8.4-acre land site located on NW 123rd Street in Opa-locka, Florida.

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Ford and VW join forces in a plan to chase commercial-vehicle profits

Bloomberg | January 15, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG have decided to join forces to make small trucks and delivery vans in a play to tap into a lucrative market that each automaker was too small to effectively compete in on their own.

TRAC Select NY-NJ: Start/Stop Location Change

AJOT | January 14, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

World’s Highest Gasoline Price Prompts Zimbabwe National Strike

Bloomberg | January 14, 2019 | Energy | Intermodal | Trucking

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FedEx Tests Delivery of Bulky Goods for $9 Billion Online Market

FedEx Corp. is testing full-service residential delivery of bulky products, a $9 billion market that couriers had left to more traditional trucking companies because large items don’t fit well in their sorting operations.

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FTR Trucking Conditions Index for November bounces back from October reading

AJOT | January 11, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

The improvement was due primarily to a slightly firmer rate environment and lower diesel prices.

YRC Worldwide provides initial look at fourth quarter 2018 results

AJOT | January 11, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Meritor® launches 22 electrification programs with global OEMs through 2020

AJOT | January 09, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

As millennials ‘buy everything online,’ truckers reap new riches

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Bloomberg | Top Story | January 09, 2019

As millennials ‘buy everything online,’ truckers reap new riches

Truck driver Justin Osborne pulled up to a house in the Dallas suburbs last month and started unloading an oven, a dishwasher and a microwave. His mission: Help J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. win the battle for new delivery riches spurred by e-commerce.