Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

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New carrier pods monitored by Sensitech provide mobile cold storage solutions for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

AJOT | October 27, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

New Carrier Pods™ monitored by Sensitech® combine leading refrigeration technology and cargo monitoring capabilities to help address the unique challenges of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Customers can expand their cold storage capacity along with added cargo visibility to help ensure the life of vaccines. Carrier and Sensitech are part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), a leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions.

Waymo adds Daimler Trucks to roster of driverless partnerships

Bloomberg | October 27, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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CLI improves LTL operations with an augmented dock management board

AJOT | October 27, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI), veteran providers of freight management software for Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) fleets, today announced an enhanced Dock Management Board that improves freight visibility, worker productivity, and loading accuracy. The solution supports dynamic routing, photo capture, and is integrated with pallet dimensioning solutions.

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August 2020 North American transborder freight up 11% from July 2020

AJOT | October 27, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail | Trucking

• Total Transborder freight: $93.4 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 2.7% compared to July 2020 and up 13.9% from June 2020. • Transborder freight value in August was down 11.1% compared to August 2019. • Most-used mode: Trucks moved $60.9 billion of freight, up 0.2% compared to July 2020, down 7.9% compared to August 2019. • Second most-used mode: Railways moved $13.8 billion of freight, up 7.2% compared to July 2020, down 14.3% compared to August 2019.

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Patriot Rail & Ports welcomes AVP of Sales

AJOT | October 26, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Patriot Rail & Ports is happy to announce that Roquita C. Williams has joined the commercial team as its newest assistant vice president in sales.

Penske Logistics awarded new BMW contract for lead logistics provider services

AJOT | October 26, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Transforming how we move: Huawei’s Urban Rail Cloud Solution

AJOT | October 26, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Huawei’s Smart Urban Rail Solution streamlines the production, management and service subsystems of urban rails and fully integrates service data

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North American Freight Data, August 2020

AJOT | October 26, 2020 | Intermodal | By The Numbers

The release summarizes the monthly value of freight transported by truck, rail and other modes between the U.S. and Canada and the U.S. and Mexico with the top states, ports and commodities. Previously, BTS reported that the value of total Transborder freight in July 2020 was $91 billion, up 10.9% compared to June 2020 and up 62.2% from May 2020.

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NTTC North American Safety Awards announced

AJOT | October 26, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) and Heil Trailer recently announced the recipients of this year’s North American Safety Awards. Each year, the awards recognize for-hire and private fleets that have delivered outstanding safety performances. The awards are typically announced at the annual NTTC Tank Truck Week show; however, because this year’s event was canceled due to the pandemic, the awards were announced virtually on September 22.

South Africa’s rail expansion plan links Soweto to Johannesburg

Bloomberg | October 24, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

ARTBA announces 2020-21 officers

AJOT | October 22, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railway project receives $4.5 million US Department of Transportation grant for track improvements

AJOT | October 22, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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Queen Transportation realizes measurable savings and improvements with ORBCOMM’S in-cab solution

AJOT | October 22, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced that Queen Transportation, LLC (Queen), an asset-based truckload carrier and logistics provider, is yielding significant savings and operational improvements with ORBCOMM’s industry-leading truck telematics solution. ORBCOMM provides wireless connectivity through its hardware and integrated Cloud-based analytics platform and information management engine for optimal fleet management.

Vecellio Group chief honored with National Highway Progress Award

AJOT | October 22, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Carrier Transicold enhances eSolutions platform for even better fleet visibility and control

AJOT | October 22, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Carrier Transicold’s eSolutions™ telematics platform for remote monitoring of refrigerated trucks and trailers has been improved with features for greater functionality, including a new web-based dashboard that provides critical fleet information for better decision making. The eSolutions platform helps refrigerated transporters operate more efficiently by improving visibility of their cold chain assets and intelligently providing a centralized data stream about transport refrigeration units (TRUs) and cargo. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, a leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions.