Intermodal

Claudio Bozzo has been appointed to global chief operating officer of liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co.

The U.S. Transportation Department said truck drivers, starting Dec. 18, will no longer need to file reports for their pre- and post-trip equipment inspections.

CenterPoint Properties has acquired more than 400,000 square feet and 31 acres across two properties at the Port of Seattle.

The deal allows C.H. Robinson to consolidate its position as the biggest freight brokerage, with CEO John Wiehoff pointing to Freightquote’s strength in e-commerce.

The intermodal rail yard will handle both international and domestic containers.

CMA CGM believes there are synerigies with another short sea operator it owns, McAndrews.

The Department of Transportation has secured a new air services agreement, which will be implemented in 2016.

The Los Angeles Basin Pool has added 2,300 chassis through increased emphasis on repairs and shifting assets from other locations.

The French shipping company is reportedly in talks to buy a European feeder line.

Teamster-supported strikers end labor action in Southern California,

Chassis providers and their customers have agreed to implement a shared-equipment model to improve productivity at marine terminals.

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 Commerce’s insistence that certain terms are solely intended for maritime or intermodal containerized freight. But the fault may not lie solely on the buyers and […]

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 v. Norfolk Southern, et al. 2nd Cir. Nos. 13–3416, 13–3501. Aug. 6.) are the latest in a line of cases that could make it more […]

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.    “CSX has worked to develop an intermodal transfer facility that balances the needs of the community, the State of Maryland, the City of Baltimore […]

   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 equipment management and services.    REZ-1 currently manages more than 70,000 chassis used to move 53-foot domestic containers. DCLI currently has a fleet of about […]

   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 about 35 acres fronting the port’s channel and another 63-acre tract within one-half mile of harbor. Both properties are adjacent to the port’s Choctaw Point […]

   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 and reducing the carbon footprint.”

   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, the companies said Monday.    The joint solution developed by the two companies is aimed at providing wireless tracking, monitoring and remote management of refrigerated […]

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 an important and controversial chapter in the history of public transportation, even becoming a subplot in the 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit.    Now […]

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 of millions of dollars to install electric substations on docks and retrofit vessels with equipment that can receive power from shore. The new infrastructure is […]

   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 in the summer of 2013 that one carrier, Hapag-Lloyd, actually suggested customers reroute cargo to other ports. The winter was also difficult, with snow and […]

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 down to earth during the summer, but a looming capacity shortage fueled by pending regulatory changes, a driver shortage, and increased demand could push the […]

   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 in many parts of the world, they have had limited success in the United States.    In August, the Port of Stockton said a weekly […]

   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 a scarcity of available assets, especially in the United States, makes it difficult to acquire long-term rights to operate facilities such as ports and toll […]

   “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 discharging volumes” led to the restrictions.

   “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 container terminal on the West Coast of Canada.

   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 Ben Line agency will in the future be taken over by the new Hamburg Süd office, including sales, customer order management and container and intermodal […]

   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.    A 15.6-percent increase in truckload revenue to $305.6 million and an 11-percent increase in LTL revenue ($67.4 million) fueled the overall revenue increase. Intermodal revenues […]

   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 is located in the warehouse district of Columbus, Ohio.    Exel Freight Connect is expected to generate 117 new jobs in the Columbus area and […]

   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 a 22-percent increase to $1 billion.    Coupled with those record earnings, NS’ operating ratio improved by 5 percentage points, as operating revenues rose 9 […]

   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 Transportation Forecast to 2025.”    The forecast, which is produced with the assistance of IHS Global Insight, shows that trucking’s share of that freight will […]

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 renewal of surface transportation programs. She also reiterated her support for a dedicated funding source for freight projects, which have typically been subject to limited […]

   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 project in the Mourepiane intermodal terminal are the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM), which owns 29 percent; the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille […]

   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 investments this year by $100 million.

   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.    The company’s largest segment, Intermodal, experienced a revenue rise of 9 percent, year-over-year, to $931 million, on the strength of an 8-percent rise in […]

   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 to Norfolk went off the track in Wytheville, which is about 80 miles southwest of Roanoke, on Monday evening.    Late Tuesday, the track reopened. […]

   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 costs.