The U.S. Commerce Department this week initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into imports of 53-foot domestic dry containers from China. Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells […]
Public-private partnerships provide $26 billion to upgrade country’s maritime facilities. The government of Brazil has embarked on an ambitious, multibillion-dollar port modernization and expansion program to help make the […]
The importance of maintaining and improving infrastructure cannot be overstated. That’s because when cargo movement is delayed, redirected or seriously impeded, critical shipping deadlines are missed, orders get canceled, […]
EPA ramps up effort to improve air quality around nation’s seaports.
The United States needs a larger U.S.-flag fleet to support national security requirements and boost the economy, and that requires adopting policies to help expand international cargo opportunities for […]
Condolences and remembrances continued to pour in Monday for former House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar, who died unexpectedly over the weekend. The Minnesota congressman carved out a […]
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) is recommending a freight rate increase of $700 per 40-foot container on July 1 for “protein shipments” –refrigerated meat such as beef, pork and […]
The Alabama State Port Authority Board of Directors on Friday authorized the acquisition of two industrial tracts at the Port of Mobile, the authority announced Monday. The tracts […]
The North American Free Trade Agreement has achieved its goal of increasing trade, lowering tariffs and making transportation more efficient during its first 20 years in force, but several […]
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James Caponiti has been appointed president of the American Maritime Congress, a nonprofit organization representing the U.S. maritime industry. He has been executive director of AMC since October 2011. […]
Swift Transportation said earnings per share during the first quarter will fall between $0.11 and $0.13, a lower-than-expected range that comes as a result of severe weather and its […]
CEO Lovetro says chassis pool operator “intent on providing a broader suite of services.” TRAC Intermodal, the largest chassis leasing company in North America, is looking to enter the […]
MarAd’s acting chief says “cargo will create a demand for ships, and ships create a demand for mariners.” A year after taking charge of the U.S. Maritime Administration, […]
Congestion attributed to labor shortages, computer glitches, and a reduced supply of container chassis led the Port of Authority of New York and New Jersey in December to form […]
The Virginia Port Authority in early April outlined a series of recent steps, as well as future ones, to address poor terminal productivity that has caused congestion for motor […]
STB weighs arguments for competitive switching between railroads. At the end of March, an anticipated public hearing by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board brought more than eight hours of […]
EDF’s Green Freight initiative helps companies lower their emissions while building a business case for sustainability.EDF’s Green Freight initiative helps companies lower their emissions while building a business case for […]
Last month I wrote about Tiger Cool Express and several other providers of temperature-controlled transport (“Refrigerated rail heats up,” pages 34-42). Buried in the story is a brief mention […]
CSX has begun operating a sophisticated, new intermodal terminal in Winter Haven, Fla., about 45 minutes west of Orlando. The facility will serve as an end-of-line rail hub […]
XPO Logistics has closed its $335 million acquisition of Pacer, completing a deal that was announced in January. Daniel Avramovich, Pacer’s former chief executive officer, has taken over […]
BMW’s announcement Friday that it will invest $1 billion to expand its plant in Spartanburg County, S.C., underscores the increasing resurgence in domestic U.S. manufacturing, growth in foreign direct investment, […]
Stratford Land, a Dallas-based land investment and management company, has broken ground on RiverPort Business Park in Hardeeville, S.C. The property is located four miles from the I-95 […]
Four Fortune 100 companies and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway have formed the Alliance for American Competitiveness to push Washington to make strategic investments in infrastructure that support economic […]
NYK said that starting May 1, it will no longer provide chassis at marine, truck depot and intermodal rail facilities in Long Beach, Calif.; Los Angeles; San Diego, Calif.; and […]
The boards of third party logistics providers Coyote Logistics of Chicago and Access America Transport in Chattanooga, Tenn., have approved a merger agreement. Terms of the deal were […]
As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been winding down over the past several years, U.S.-flag carriers have had to increasingly diversify their cargo base toward other U.S.-flag […]
Crowley said its Carib Energy subsidiary has been awarded a multi-year contract to supply containerized, U.S.-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to its first industrial customer, Coca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers […]
Russian intermodal transport operator Ruscon has started a scheduled flexitank container service to Kazakhstan. In the first quarter of 2014, about 40 containers arrived from Italy at the […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott visited the Jacksonville Port Authority on Monday to kick-off the beginning phase of the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, which is expected to be completed in […]
Anchorage, Alaska, is suing the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims over what it says is the U.S. Maritime Administration’s (MarAd) “breach and complete abdication of […]
President Barack Obama on Tuesday released a $3.9 trillion budget for fiscal year 2015, with a 2.6-percent budget increase for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a $10 billion freight […]
Shippers have begun getting squeezed by truck capacity, according to an industry note by Cowen and Company. The firm said that during the South West Association of Rail […]
Rail Logistics, which owns and operates the “Cold Train” express refrigerated intermodal service on the BNSF Railway network between the Pacific Northwest and Chicago, has been acquired by Federated […]
Water route could support more finished vehicle exports to United States. Global manufacturers are stampeding into Mexico to take advantage of affordable, quality labor and proximity to the U.S. […]
I was recently speaking with someone at one of the larger U.S. freight brokerages when he mentioned in passing the size of the company’s IT department in terms of […]
The Intermodal Association of North America is recommending that the U.S. Department of Transportation include freight intermodal connectors as part of the nation’s Primary Freight Network.
Consumers are an influential bunch, and just as they have pushed express companies to deliver products when and where they want them, so too are they having the same […]
New services pop up around the country to move perishables by train. Class I railroads have done a masterful job since 2000 developing their intermodal franchises to the point […]
The container leasing company Textainer reported strong growth in revenue last year, but a drop in profit. Textainer said it had a profit of $45.5 million in the […]
The Florida East Coast Railway has begun installing rail tracks and crane pads for a ship-to-rail terminal slated to open this summer at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, the […]
The Port of Charleston increased the amount of cargo moving in and out of the port by rail by 18 percent last year to nearly 145,000 containers, the South […]
Total intermodal shipments increased 4.6 percent in 2013 to 15.5 million containers and trailers (of all sizes) and were up 7 percent in the fourth quarter to just shy […]
The cat fight between the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and a construction consortium over who is responsible for excess costs associated with building a new set of locks to […]
Revenues at Canadian National Railway for 2013 ticked up to C$10.58 billion ($9.54 billion), a year-over-year rise of seven percent, but net income fell, year over year by C$68 […]
The plan includes recommendations for stepped-up efforts to develop direct intermodal rail access and deepen the harbor, as well as relocating some container operations from the Talleyrand Terminal to […]
MOL (America) Inc. said this week that its North American intermodal transit on-time performance results for October-December 2013 was 56 percent for the three origin ports in Asia to […]
DSV has launched an intermodal service between Turkey and the UK. One service offers departures three times a week direct by rail from Halkali train terminal in Istanbul […]
Members of the Transpacific Stabilization said they will seek further rate Eastbound rate increases in March and May, seeking to “build on the momentum” of a $300 per 40-foot […]
Forward Air Corporation has signed an agreement to purchase Central States Trucking Company and Central States Logistics, it announced Thursday. Bruce Campbell, chairman, president and chief executive officer […]
Kansas City Southern brought in a record $616 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, and for the full year, revenue was a record $2.4 billion, the company reported […]
The competency of the crews is a major advantage of using the U.S. flag fleet when shipping goods around the world, but cost is a major drawback, according to […]
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics has started an initiative with GreenFleet Ventures that will allow North American owner-operators to lease newer vehicles and more environmentally friendly tractors, according to a news release. […]
Acquired last August by XPO, 3PD is the largest provider of “high-touch, last-mile” deliveries in North America, said Karl Meyer, the unit’s chief executive officer. Meyer, former national […]
Third-party logistics provider XPO paves a path forward through acquisitions. XPO Logistics, a third-party logistics company that has seemingly made a business of acquisitions over the last two years, […]
Greenfield port plan off Louisiana coast would rely on immigrant investors for funding. An investor group with a unique financing scheme that involves a controversial federal immigration program and […]
The manufacturing sector gained strength in the fourth quarter of 2013, with retail demand remaining sluggish, according to the investment banking firm Stifel Nicolaus. In a report issued […]
The liner carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine this week launched a webpage dedicated to North American intermodal services. The page allows customers to search for service availability and tariffs. […]
NorthPoint Development announced Wednesday it will lease from Smart Warehousing a distribution center spanning more than 575,000 square feet, Inland Port IV, which is to be built at Logistics […]
Ownership of the parent company of SSA Marine, which describes itself as the world’s largest independent, privately-held marine terminal operator, has changed hands. Carrix, Inc. and its parent […]
Union Pacific Railroad announced yesterday a new intermodal service between Laredo, Texas, and Memphis, Tenn., to support growing transportation needs for the automotive manufacturing and intermodal marketplaces.
XPO Logistics has acquired Pacer International for $335 million, taking a large step into the intermodal arena. Pacer is the third largest provider of North American intermodal services […]
The first meeting of the Port of New York/New Jersey’s Port Performance task force is scheduled for today. The port authority earlier this month established the advisory group of […]
By Eric Kulisch and Jon Ross Liquefied natural gas seen as viable propulsion fuel for freight sector. Transportation industry interest in liquefied natural gas to power cargo vessels, barges, trucks and […]
“Establishing a company-owned chassis fleet gives Schneider complete control of assets used in an intermodal move and makes our service even more efficient for shippers,” stated Bill Matheson, president […]
According to the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index, truckload linehaul rates in November were 1.8 percent higher than in November of last year. Linehaul rates for the first 11 […]
Tiger Cool Express announced Wednesday it has acquired an initial order of 200 refrigerated containers for its start-up operations this spring. “The acquisition of our first 200 refrigerated […]
Transition to new chassis management model is “painfully slow process.” The transition to a new chassis management model in which a new set of middlemen have taken over from […]
Truck rates have increased by at least 1.6 percent since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new hours of service rules went into effect July 1, but the rule […]
The Association of American Railroads reported that total U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 262,765 units last week, up 9.4 percent compared with the same week last year. Five […]
Interbake Foods and Norse Dairy Systems, a division of Interbake, have begun to utilize LeanLogistics’ LeanTMS technology. LeanLogistics is a global solutions provider of transportation management system applications and […]
The Chinese city of Xian, which is in the Shaanxi province, plans to build an inland port that will focus on international logistics, according to a report by China’s […]
The industrial rebirth in the Gulf region, new domestic energy production, and the steady rise in U.S. exports has benefited the Port of New Orleans the past 18 months, and […]
American manufacturers and related industries shipped almost 11.7 billion tons of goods valued at more than $13.6 trillion in 2012, according to preliminary numbers from the 2012 Commodity Flow […]
Union Pacific has launched an intermodal service between Monterrey, Mexico, and Chicago. UP trains will interchange at Eagle Pass, Texas, and Ferromex will carry the goods, which UP […]
A dedicated, refrigerated shuttle-train service that was supposed to start transporting perishable products directly between the Port of Tampa and an inland port in Indiana as of October has […]
Annoyed by the traction that the railroad industry has gotten with its ubiquitous “Freight Rail Works” advertising campaign, motor carriers have decided to use the media too to put […]
Diamond Logistics Northwest has leased 18 acres from the Port of Quincy, an inland intermodal port in Washington state, to expand its capability for cross-docking and consolidating perishable loads, […]
Hub Group typifies the shift to more diverse services in this market space. In the railroad world, the moniker “hub” is well suited to Chicago, with its mass […]
Onslaught of safety regulations raises costs, supply uncertainty for truckers and shippers. Truckload capacity in the United States is at equilibrium, but it’s usually not difficult for shippers to […]
C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” left its Washington studio in August to broadcast an interesting program from the Port of Virginia. Over the course of three hours, the program hosted Reps. […]
A House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee panel specially created early this year to come up with recommendations for improving the nation’s freight transportation system released its final report on […]
The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) this week announced a pilot program undertaken in collaboration with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), aimed at improving lag times […]
U.S. Southeast, Northeast offer growth opportunities for industry. In the domestic intermodal market, many analysts and industry players point to the U.S. East Coast as the burgeoning hot spot for […]
At this pace, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden should be eligible to become honorary port directors. On Friday, the Port of New Orleans served as […]
Biden Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx toured CSX’s sophisticated Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal in Wood County on Wednesday, the latest stop by Biden to promote […]
Matson said Wednesday it has signed a contract to have Aker Philadelphia Shipyard build two new 3,600-TEU containerships for an aggregate price of $418 million. The new ships […]
The company’s first service began two weeks ago, and Schneider will have the new program, which links three cities in Mexico to Chicago via a new interchange point, fully […]
C.H. Robinson saw its total revenues increase by 15.1 percent in the third quarter, jumping from $2.88 billion in the 2012 period to $3.32 billion. For the first nine […]
International traffic has been in decline due to the contents of many 40-foot international containers being immediately transferred to domestic 53-foot units at seaports, but during the third quarter, international […]
After six months of work, an ad hoc panel of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday announced a series of recommendations for improving the nation’s freight transportation system, but despite […]
Mobile, Ala.-based ASF Intermodal has opened an intermodal drayage facility in Chicago, the firm’s first location in the Midwest. The new Chicago terminal is the first of several […]
In the third quarter, Pacer International experienced a jump in income from operations of more than $2 million compared to the same period last year, but saw a $98.9-million […]
Railway operating revenues at Norfolk Southern ended the third quarter at $2.8 billion, a 5-percent increase over the same period in 2012, on the strength of a 4-percent rise […]
Cordero Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Mario Cordero is asking fellow regulators in the European Union and China to join with him in a global regulatory summit on the proposed […]
Proximity to transportation hubs prime criteria for CenterPoint. Paul Fisher, chief executive officer of real estate development company CenterPoint Properties, recalls traditionally his peers would look at a new 33-foot […]
Intemodal firm sees growing demand for drayage services from shippers. RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, formed earlier this year through the purchase of the former RoadLink transportation division, sees increased demand for drayage […]
Freight railroad CSX said Thursday it will invest $50 million to build a new intermodal facility near Pittsburgh to serve shippers in the area and enhance the efficiency of its truck-like service. […]
BNSF Railway has unveiled a 433-acre intermodal facility at the Logistics Park Kansas City. The facility has six tracks spanning 8,000 feet each; 4,300 container-stacking spots; and five […]
CSX gained net earnings of $463 million in the third quarter, generating $8 million more than the same period in 2012. Revenues of $3 billion, when combined with […]
