Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

Wilson, Consolidated Chassis Management CEO, to receive 2019 Silver Kingpin Award

AJOT Newsroom | September 11, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Mike Wilson, CEO, Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM), will receive the prestigious 2019 Silver Kingpin Award, which is presented by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). The award recognizes an individual’s long-term contributions to intermodalism.

ATA tells Congress to put brakes on spread of tolls

AJOT Newsroom | September 11, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Rail traffic for the week ending September 7, 2019

AJOT Newsroom | September 11, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail

Southeastern Freight Lines Promotes Tommy Jones to Service Center Manager in Norfolk, Virginia

Southeastern Freight Lines | September 11, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced Tommy Jones has been promoted to service center manager in Norfolk, Virginia.

Backlash could cost Xi’s Belt and Road $800 billion, report says

Bloomberg | September 11, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Uber makes further cuts to its staff as losses pile up

Bloomberg | September 10, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Compcare Services emerges first to integrate with Long Beach Container Terminal’s APIs

Compcare Services, Inc. | September 10, 2019 | Intermodal

Compcare users are no longer required to access the LBCT (Long Beach Container Terminal) port website for availability, pre-notification, and appointments since it can now be done directly from Compcare's flagship product, VIntermodal.

Unique dual rail line access and on-dock rail loop give the Port of Olympia a competitive edge

AJOT Newsroom | September 10, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail | Ports & Terminals

How many ports can offer direct access to both BNSF and Union Pacific (UP), have the capacity for large-scale new business, are price-competitive and foster a working partnership with customers, management and labor?

Trucking industry battle: proposed drive-time regulations

AJOT Newsroom | September 10, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Hong Kong rail operator MTR denies fatality during protest chaos

Bloomberg | September 10, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail

Schneider rolls out open, IoT telematics platform to entire fleet

AJOT Newsroom | September 09, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

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AJOT Newsroom | September 09, 2019

NFI/California Cartage Express drivers on strike

Drivers demanding an end to unfair and illegal discrimination for aspiring to form a union at their company; picket lines to extend from Port of Los Angeles to the Mojave Desert

YRC Freight announces the opening of new St. Cloud, Minnesota service center

AJOT Newsroom | September 09, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Something fishy going on with rubber bearings at low shaft speeds

AJOT Newsroom | September 09, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.announced the addition of a newly designed, covered hopper railcar to its broad line of railcar product offerings.

Fairbanks Scales releases low profile truck scale

AJOT Newsroom | September 09, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Fairbanks Scales Inc., the oldest scale company in the U.S. and the world’s leader in weighing equipment, announces the new Talon Low Profile Truck Scale, ideal for replacing older low profile scales reaching the end of their service life.

Typhoon strands more than 5,000 people at Tokyo’s Narita Airport

Bloomberg | September 09, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airports | Intermodal

Airline chiefs have no easy answers for flight-shaming critics

Bloomberg | September 05, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal

Airline bosses sought to defend their business against a rising tide of criticism over aircraft emissions as an upswell of activism threatens to overwhelm the industry before it can mount an effective response.