Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.

Quarantine for truck drivers causes fuel shortage in Botswana

Bloomberg | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Spot rates enter holiday weekend with a bang

AJOT | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Activity on the DAT One load board network slowed last week on account of the Fourth of July holiday, but the freight that did move did so at a premium, pushing national average rates higher.

Fleet Advantage announced its innovative sale-leaseback program

AJOT | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Taxpayer lawsuit filed against City of Oakland

AJOT | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

FTR Reports Preliminary North American Class 8 Net Orders for June Rebound to 15,500 Units

AJOT | July 06, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Air France to Cut 7,500 Jobs With Recovery Seen Years Away

Bloomberg | July 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal

Canadian, Mexican and US freight rail associations commemorate USMCA implementation

AJOT | July 02, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

AASHTO continues its call for bipartisan surface transportation legislation

AJOT | July 02, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

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OBIT: GSC’s Andy Garcia Harbor Trucking Leader & Champion of the Oakland Waterfront

Stas Margaronis | July 02, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Harbor trucker Andres “Andy” Garcia, owner of import drayage company GSC Logistics, died on June 24th.

Asia’s oldest railway finally seeks private money to run trains

Bloomberg | July 02, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Sygic Navigation for professional drivers adds 200,000 miles of US national truck network roads

AJOT | July 01, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Global turn-by-turn navigation pioneer Sygic, trusted by more than two million professional drivers, now allows users to select STAA roads as a preference in its settings, enabling them to avoid unnecessary complications en route, and thereby increase safety and the on-time delivery of their cargos.

Rail traffic for June and the week ending June 27, 2020

AJOT | July 01, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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FedEx jumps most since ‘98 on profit surprise, e-commerce revamp

FedEx Corp. wasn’t planning for a pandemic when it began overhauling its Ground unit last year to prepare for the growth of e-commerce. But the revamp is now spurring the courier’s biggest share gains since 1998.

ATA hails USMCA implementation

AJOT | July 01, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Freight railroads welcome new era of North American trade

AJOT | July 01, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

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AJOT | Top Story | July 01, 2020

YRC Worldwide expects to receive $700 million CARES Act loan from US Treasury

YRC Worldwide Inc., the nation’s second largest less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping company, today announced that the United States Department of the Treasury (“UST”) intends to provide a $700 million loan to YRCW under authorization provided by Subtitle A of Title IV of the CARES Act.