Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.


Costs for fleet maintenance and repair rise in first half of 2021

AJOT | September 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

TCI opens proxy fight with CN to oust CEO Ruest
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Bloomberg | Top Story | September 13, 2021

TCI opens proxy fight with CN to oust CEO Ruest

One of Canadian National Railway Co.’s largest shareholders formally started a proxy fight to replace the company’s leader and some board members, arguing that their failed attempt to buy Kansas City Southern for $30 billion demonstrated “flawed decision making.”
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Berger to lead US Transportation Business at WSP USA

AJOT | September 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Third-generation engineer with extensive international transportation experience and leader of New York’s Penn Station master plan will succeed Joseph Pulicare, who is retiring.

ATA Statement on Vaccine Mandates

AJOT | September 13, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Shanghai to cancel most flights, shut schools due to typhoon

Bloomberg | September 12, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal

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Russian electric vehicle charger manufacturer L-Charge raises over $1.5 mln of investment

AJOT | September 10, 2021 | Energy | Alternative | Intermodal | Trucking

L-Charge, a Russian manufacturer of innovative charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, has raised investment of $1.5 mln. The funds have come from private investors attracted by the ability to charge an electric vehicle with sufficient power for 100 km in just 3-8 minutes using a hydrogen or gas-fueled electrical generator. L-Charge ear-lier began test operation of the world’s fastest mobile charging station in Moscow and has plans to develop a net-work in Paris, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam and London.

STB’S Oberman says US railroads reduced service, raised rates and derived $191 billion in dividends and buybacks since 2010
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Stas Margaronis | Top Story | September 09, 2021

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STB’S Oberman says US railroads reduced service, raised rates and derived $191 billion in dividends and buybacks since 2010

Martin Oberman, chair of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), charged U.S. railroads with reducing service, raising freight rates, shifting more truckloads onto highways, contributing to global warming while deriving $191 billion in dividends and stock buybacks since 2010.
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Phillips Connect releases two new SmartLock products that safeguard trailer loads

AJOT | September 08, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Trailers and their contents are valuable assets to the fleet that is assigned to move them, as well as to the shipper and receiver.

Airbus, Alstom to partner against growing cyber risks to trains

Bloomberg | September 08, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

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CN Rail shareholder threatens proxy fight as deal falters

Bloomberg | September 07, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

One of the largest shareholders in Canadian National Railway Co. said it’s prepared to launch a proxy fight to replace the company’s leader as the $30 billion deal to buy Kansas City Southern faces possible collapse.

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cargo-partner extends portfolio of rail transport services via the Iron Silk Road

AJOT | September 07, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

Since the start of the year, the international transport and info-logistics provider has introduced a range of new rail transport services from China to Romania, the UK, Slovakia and Sweden, as well as combined sea/rail transport solutions from Japan to Germany and Poland.

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Seaport of Kiel gets intermodal connection via Hanover Lehrte to Verona

AJOT | September 07, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

Since the beginning of September, five new train pairs have been running weekly via the Lehrte MegaHub from Kiel in Alpine transit to Verona in northern Italy.

FirstGroup trains to compete with jets on London-Scotland route

Bloomberg | September 06, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

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