A snapshot of chassis activity in L.A.-Long Beach port district underscores problems truckers have finding equipment to move containers.
Port truck drivers continue their strike against five companies, seeking recognition as employees.
Bridges is the company’s senior vice president of strategic planning.
The current chassis provisioning model is not sustainable, so competitors plan to reach agreement on sharing equipment.
The terminal group meets with FMC, shipper groups and explains efforts to extend terminal hours.
Drivers for Pacer and Harbor Rail Transport join a strike by drivers seeking recognition as employees.
The container transportation contract will be managed through Crowley’s Carib Energy subsidiary.
Stifel wrap-up of Northwestern transportation summit also focuses on how e-commerce infrastructure could help last-mile trucking companies.
Norfolk Southern has acquired a 282.55-mile section of track between Sunbury, Pa. and Schenectady, N.Y., from the Delaware & Hudson Railway Co.
The agency reported gains in total rail traffic during the first week of November.
Carriers are set to charge $1,000 per FEU, also poised to start charging on intermodal door deliveries this week.
Fast growing 3PL and freight brokerage will use Catapult’s flagship QMS platform to get quicker, more accurate freight quotes.
The third quarter intermodal growth continues a strong pattern of mode conversion, according to IANA.
The U.S. Maritime Administration said it has extended its Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement through Oct. 1, 2019.
MarAd extends VISA program
The Harbor Trucking Association to ask U.S. DOT for exemption from weekly driving limits.
The service, offered by APL Logistics VASCOR subsidiary, links Chennai with Delhi.
XPO posts net loss for quarter, but plans to continue acquisition spree.
Purchase of Logistics Management Solutions expands Transplace’s customer base.
The Federal Highway Administration has completed its environmental and design review for the tunnel modernization, which is aimed at speeding up intermodal trains.
Commissioners express sympathy for shipper frustration over terminal congestion, fees.
Everglades FY’14 volume grows in part at Port Miami’s expense.
Pacific Maritime Association says slowdown is crippling ports of Tacoma and Seattle.
SSA’s DeNike says Port of Long Beach’s extension of free time was unfair.
Frustration builds among shippers as SoCal ports struggle to get cargo off docks by truck, rail.
Terminals are being asked to forgo charges even as they say they have incurred $22 million in additional expenses related to port congestion.
A panel of experts discussed potential solutions for truck delays at marine terminals.
JaxPort and Port Tampa Bay will spend more than $60 million for equipment to handle bigger ships.
The semi-annual course leverages the expertise of Hapag-Lloyd vet and licensed customs broker Anita Carty.
Service will use a combination of truck, ocean and rail to provide Japanese shippers scheduled access to its rail service in China.
Environmentalists complain about pollution from container terminal and want more mitigation.
NYK has joined a chassis pool operated by TRAC Intermodal in Portland, Seattle and Tacoma.
The N.J. container terminal last week celebrated a milestone in its modernization plan.
TSA says truck and driver shortages, rail and terminal congestion have pushed up intermodal rates and cargo handling costs.
The Teamsters continues drayge organizing drive and sees Hub settlement as game changer.
CSX says intermodal volumes in the thrid quarter were 5-percent higher.
The chassis shortage spurs action by Long Beach to keep cargo fluid.
SoCal port says new supply of chassis is first step towards congestion relief.
EPA program emphasises supply-chain collaboration to cut pollution.
Puget Sound ports said cooperation plan is a response to the competitive pressures in the container industry.
Contemporary anecdotal evidence suggests, and recent empirical substantiation supports, the phenomenon that shippers are continually misusing Incoterms. This practice continues among the world’s shippers despite the International Chamber of […]
Problems faced by trucking, other shipping industries foster inland transport changes.
Truck and rail transporters find money in the movement of liquid bulk tanks.
A recent decision that affirmed two decisions by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sompo Japan v. Norfolk Southern et al. and Nipponkoa Insurance […]
Expansion strategy rests on accelerated volume growth, higher rates and innovative financing.
Rep. Lowenthal says bill would raise $8 billion for dedicated freight fund.
TSA announces contract rate objectives for 2015-16, differentials for 20-foot and high-cube boxes.
Port operators, users say cargo delays caused by inefficient system.
Companies hope to put gray pool in place by beginning of 2015.
The smartway program promotes collaboration, innovation to cut pollution.
Service providers detail intermodal issues at the annual IANA conference.
The FMC agreement would allow two ports to discuss congestion issues.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has set Greenville Yard terminal to be its fourth ExpressRail terminal.
The major bulk chemical hauler will gradually roll out the product across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
TIGER funding will go to 72 projects, 13 percent of which are in the maritime sector.
Containerization and Intermodal Institute is recognizing the CEO of MSC’s U.S. subsidiary for his leadership.
Space Coast port courts new lines of cargo business, makes investments to ignite growth.
Shippers want a more balanced truckload market in which to move freight.
Israeli liner carrier believes it has renewed vigor now that restructuring is complete.
Can a distributor of DVDs expand and diversify its 3PL business?
U.S. freight industry is ready to take off, but other regional economies still need to catch up.
Steven Rubin, who has been serving on an interim basis, is named president and chief executive officer at Horizon Lines.
Quality Carriers, a provider of bulk chemical transportation services, has expanded into Charleston.
Maryland’s Department of Transportation has terminated an agreement with CSX to build the Baltimore Rail Intermodal Facility at Morrell Park and has pulled all state funding from the project. […]
Direct ChassisLink Inc., the Charlotte, N.C.-based chassis leasing company formed when Maersk Line decided to divest itself of its chassis fleet, has acquired REZ-1, a provider of domestic intermodal […]
The Alabama State Port Authority on Monday completed the purchase of two industrial properties formerly owned by Walter Energy. The properties cost the port $25 million, and include […]
The port said the 12-acre project will result “in a modern and efficient intermodal container transfer terminal to facilitate the movement of marine and rail cargo, while enhancing safety […]
The asset tracking solutions provider Globe Tracker International has begun a partnership with Refrigerated Transport Electronics, a developer and manufacturer of monitoring products for the intermodal refrigerated container industry, […]
California funds study of hybrid dray trucks powered by overhead wires to achieve cleaner air. The demise of the electric trolley car network that once crisscrossed Los Angeles is […]
Small Calif. firm wants to commercialize cheaper, clean-air alternative to electrifying berthed vessels. In an effort to reduce air pollution, West Coast ports and shipping lines have spent hundreds […]
Last year might be one both shippers and transportation companies moving cargo through the Port of New York and New Jersey would like to forget. Congestion got so bad […]
Looming capacity shortage, regulatory demands and driver shortage triggers. After high spot rates during the first few months of the year, prices for van, refrigerated and flatbed transport came […]
A new company, Minyan Marine, believes it has a winning formula for building a successful “marine highway” operation. While coastal shipping of containers or truck trailers are common […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund, which owns marine terminal operations at ports in New York and Vancouver, Canada, is actively seeking to grow its portfolio of infrastructure assets. But […]
“DP World Vancouver is still experiencing an extremely high discharge volume of U.S. cargoes. This, combined with a Canadian cargo increase and rail car supply that does not meet […]
“The second quarter results were indicative of a rebounding economy and higher-than-predicted import shipments,” said Joni Casey, president and chief executive officer of the Intermodal Association of North America.
Deutsche Bank recently put Maher on the sales block. Maher operates the largest terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey, as well as the Prince Rupert intermodal […]
Liner carrier Hamburg Süd has opened an office in Nanjing, increasing its operational footprint in China to 20 locations. All tasks that were previously carried out by the […]
During the second quarter, C.H. Robinson saw total revenues rise 6.5 percent, year-over-year, to more than $3.5 billion, as net income increased by 6 percent to $118.5 million. […]
Exel has formed a new freight brokerage company, Exel Freight Connect, to help connect its customers with carriers across the United States, Canada and Mexico. The new company […]
Norfolk Southern officials said the railroad broke a record for net income during the third quarter, generating $562 million, a 21-percent, year-over-year rise. Income from railway operations experienced […]
Freight tonnage will rise 23.5 percent between 2013 and 2025, as freight revenue increases by 72 percent during the same period, according to the American Trucking Associations’ “U.S. Freight […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
Cantwell Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., a long-time advocate for freight investment, plans to sponsor a bill that would support greater development of freight infrastructure as part of a long-term […]
CMA CGM said that through its Greenmodal Transport subsidiary it has acquired a 15.5-percent stake in a company building an intermodal terminal in Marseille. Other partners in the […]
Officials said that growth is coming on the strength of upward trends in the intermodal and oil and gas markets, and that this growth would allow them to increase […]
J.B. Hunt earned $93.4 million during the second quarter, up nearly $6 million from the same period last year, on fairly robust revenue results for most of its segments. […]
A Norfolk Southern train hauling vehicles and intermodal cargo from Lousiville, Ky., to Norfolk, Va., derailed Monday. A dozen autorack cars and two double-stack intermodal rail cars traveling […]
The 43-acre rail transfer center increases the railroad’s intermodal capacity at the Fort Lauderdale port from 100,000 to 450,000 lifts per year and reduces local traffic congestion and dray […]
New Jersey marine facility adds capacity for big ships with large technology investment. The seven-year-old APM Terminals facility at the Port of Virginia no longer is the most modern, […]
Port of San Francisco sees a future in breakbulk, bulk cargo. Since 2005, when the Port of San Francisco stopped handling containers, its cargo business has dropped dramatically, from […]
Global Container Terminal is not the only facility at the Port of New York and New Jersey being upgraded. Port Newark Container Terminal expects to put into operation […]
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Tuesday gave final approval to two new incentives for carriers aimed at making the more port more competitive with other West […]
Domestic intermodal traffic jumped to a record 270,243 units during the week ended June 14, a 6.3-percent, year-over-year, rise, according to the Association of American Railroads. Domestic rail […]
Surprised by China’s decision to block the P3 Alliance’s proposal? So was most of the shipping world. Tune in to this 35-minutes podcast to hear American Shipper and BlueWater Reporting […]
Union Pacific has increased service levels for its “premium” intermodal offerings to Chicago beginning in Portland and Northern California. According to a press release, officials made the change […]
Domestic freight activity inched up by 0.4 percent from March to April, led by trucking and intermodal growth, according to recently released figures collected by the Department of Transportation. […]
Rotunda Capital acquires majority stake in third-party warehousing, fulfillment services provider. Private equity firm Rotunda Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Amware Logistics Services, a provider of […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission recently voted to continue an investigation, first announced in May, of imported 53-foot dry containers used to move intermodal cargo within the United States. […]
BNSF and Ferromex BNSF Railway, the largest freight railroad in the United States, will launch its first intermodal service offering in Mexico on May 27 in partnership with Mexico’s […]
