Intermodal

News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.


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ATA Joins President Trump in Recognizing America’s Truck Drivers at White House

AJOT | April 17, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Event Honors Nation’s Truckers for Their Critical Role in COVID-19 Response

Fleet Complete offers free service until July 31st to customers with GM vehicles

AJOT | April 17, 2020 | Intermodal | Shipping Technology | Trucking

Southeastern Freight Lines’ Columbia and Atlanta Service Centers Celebrate 70 Years of Service
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AJOT | Top Story | April 17, 2020

Southeastern Freight Lines’ Columbia and Atlanta Service Centers Celebrate 70 Years of Service

Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, is celebrating its 70th anniversary of providing quality without question service after its founding in 1950, including 70-year milestones at its first service centers in Columbia, South Carolina, and Atlanta.
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Stockholm Norvik Port is connected to the railway network

AJOT | April 16, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail | Ports & Terminals

Over the Easter weekend the industrial branch line that Ports of Stockholm has built to Stockholm Norvik Port was connected to the railway network and electrified. This creates a direct railway link to and from the port on the Green Cargo intermodal network for national and international transport.

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ISTOBAL develops arches for the disinfection of PPE and the exterior of vehicles in its fight against COVID-19

AJOT | April 16, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

The Spanish group ISTOBAL, leader in wash and care solutions for the automotive industry, has developed automatic arches for the disinfection of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) of health personnel, security forces and emergencies personnel in addition to arches for the external disinfection of vehicles in order to fight against COVID-19.

Electric vehicles buoyed by a backlog and fresh air

Bloomberg | April 16, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

NYC airports’ 96% traffic plunge threatens local financial pain

Bloomberg | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports | Intermodal

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Liebherr Container Cranes to supply two rail mounted gantry cranes to Freight Village in Russia

AJOT | April 15, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

The 600 Ha Freight Village Vorsino, was established in 2012 and is strategically located outside Moscow. As part of the Vorsino Industrial Park, the Freight Village boasts unrivalled access to road, rail and air infrastructure, and includes a high performance intermodal terminal. The two new Liebherr RMGs form part of the expansion plans for the intermodal terminal which will see the capacity rise to over 500,000 TEU per annum.

Weekly rail traffic for the week ending April 11, 2020

AJOT | April 15, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

TireHub relocates in Houston & Dallas-Fort Worth markets

AJOT | April 15, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

America’s empty roads: Fewer deaths but a blow to state budgets
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Bloomberg | Top Story | April 15, 2020

America’s empty roads: Fewer deaths but a blow to state budgets

Motorists on a typical weekday log roughly 200,000 trips on North Carolina’s Triangle Expressway in the Raleigh-Durham region, many of them commuters headed to the state’s Research Triangle Park.
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Spot truckload rates and volumes drop sharply

AJOT | April 14, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Van spot freight volumes lost 20% in the past two weeks, and national average rates lost 8¢ per mile, to $1.78, reflecting declines all over the country. Reefer trends weren't much better, and the flatbed sector has been slow for months. Then tornadoes swept through the South and high winds continued up the East Coast, wreaking havoc along the way. It was not the best week, to be sure.  For more info on lane rates, read the Rate Trend of the Week on the DAT blog.

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Averitt provides masks to more than 5,000 drivers and frontline associates

AJOT | April 14, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Averitt Express has begun distributing protective face masks to more than 5,000 of its associates. Drivers, dock workers and other frontline associates that handle freight will be provided multiple masks to assist in reducing the potential to contract or spread the novel coronavirus.

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Southeastern Freight Lines promotes Walter Radny to Service Center Manager in Knoxville, Tennessee

AJOT | April 10, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced Walter Radny has been promoted to service center manager in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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