Port-related projects received more than one-fifth of the $474 million in TIGER grants awarded Thursday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Almost half of the 52 projects selected, […]
Freight expenditures fell in August by 1.5 percent compared to the previous month, representing the first decline after three months of gains, according to the Cass Freight Index Report. […]
Taking a page from the motor carrier industry’s use of cab deflectors to smooth air flow over trailers, the railroad introduced technology designed to make double-stack intermodal trains more aerodynamic […]
The Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) will present its 2013 Connie Award to H. Winchester “Win” Thurber III, chairman and chief executive officer of Norton Lilly International, on Dec. […]
Domestic Class I railroads transported 108,605 carloads of crude in the second quarter, a record result that is 11.8 percent higher than last quarter, according to the Association of […]
Tight pest controls open door for S. Florida to import Latin American perishables. By Eric Kulisch A trial program that for the first time in decades would allow shippers in […]
Washington state senators introduce bill for a new maritime goods user fee. By Chris Dupin U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell said they will introduce legislation when the Senate […]
Dunavant’s mobile devices linked to intermodal TMS empower contract drivers. By Eric Johnson Visibility has become so pervasive in the field of logistics management that it has largely obscured the […]
Survey finds Europe ahead of U.S. shippers and carriers on embracing sustainability. By Chris Dupin While environmental sustainability is becoming an increasingly significant issue for customers and senior management, “cost […]
Office Depot’s hybrid, omni-channel supply chain balances demand cues, logistics factors. By Eric Kulisch Office supply stores are at the forefront of the omni-channel trend in retail to create a single […]
FDOT on Monday awarded $5 million worth of grants to four logistics projects in the state, including $2.5 million for the South Florida Logistics Center in Miami, from the state’s […]
A.P. Moller-Maersk reported a profit of $856 million in the second quarter ending June 30, 11 percent less than the $965 million earned in the second quarter of 2012. […]
Total domestic rail traffic rose during the week ending August 10 by 2.7 percent when compared to the same week last year. The increase was due in part to […]
Seaspan Corp., which builds containerships and charters them to liner companies, said it will build and charter 10 additional 14,000-TEU ships to Yang Ming. In January, Seaspan said […]
Shipments in North America dropped by 2.3 percent from June to July, but freight expenditures rose by nearly 1 percent, according to the Cass Freight Index Report. Compared […]
Domestic container volume rose 9 percent, year over year, during the second quarter, and total intermodal traffic inched up by 2.4 percent, according to the Intermodal Association of North […]
Rail activity in the United States rose during the last full week of July, with carloads growing 2.5 percent, year over year, to 295,532 units, according to the Association of […]
The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Thursday proposed eliminating a burdensome paperwork requirement for truck drivers related to vehicle maintenance that could save the trucking industry $1.7 billion per year. Truckers are required to conduct […]
NYK Line said that effective Sept. 2 it will implement a chassis provision charge (CPC) for motor carrier transport moving under NYK import or export merchant haulage bills of […]
U.S. carloads fell by 3 percent, year over year, to 277,933 units, and intermodal volume rose by 2.8 percent to 253,424 units for the week ending July 20, according […]
In a speech at the Port of Jacksonville Thursday, President Barack Obama said Congress needs to move faster modernizing the nation’s ports to support new trade trends that will […]
TRAC Intermodal has introduced a premium 40-foot gooseneck marine chassis. The container leasing company said its “TRAC TITAN” chassis are available for daily use to motor carriers in […]
Kansas City Southern ended the second quarter with revenues of $579 million, a 6 percent increase from the same period in 2012, propped up on a 3 percent uptick […]
Union Pacific generated a net income of $1.1 billion during the second quarter — $100-million rise over 2012’s second-quarter results — which helped the railroad achieve its best ever quarter […]
J.B. Hunt achieved second-quarter net earnings of $87.7 million and a 10-percent, year-over-year revenue increase to $1.38 billion. Operating income also increased, finishing the quarter up 7 percent […]
CenterPoint Properties has purchased a seven-acre logistics facility and container yard in Commerce, Calif., from an undisclosed seller. The purchase price was not released. The property is […]
The Port of Virginia achieved its best TEU throughput for the first half of a calendar year with 1.054 million standard shipping units processed between January and June, the […]
With Southern California the load center for domestic and international business, most of what’s coming out of the region is container freight stuffed into domestic containers or trailers, said investment […]
The third party logistics services provider has expanded its Asia-Pacific operations to include domestic rail freight services in China, and plans to offer intercontinental intermodal service between China and Europe.
The number of domestic freight shipments fell by 1.5 percent, year over year, last month, but the money spent on freight increased by 0.8 percent, according to the Cass […]
CenterPoint Properties has closed the deal on a one-million-square-foot, six-building acquisition in Houston for $42.6 million. The seller, TA Associates, was represented by Trent Agnew and Rusty Tamlyn […]
NorthPoint Development and NAI Capital Realty have arranged a long-term lease with Demdaco for a 326,650-square-foot distribution center at Logistics Park Kansas City. Demdaco specializes in gift and […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation is wading into a sticky thicket after a provision in last year’s MAP-21 transportation law mandated a study on the controversial issue of increasing […]
U.S. transport policy slowly incorporates freight, but infrastructure upgrades lag. By Eric Kulisch The recent collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge into the Skagit River north of Seattle focused attention once […]
Federal role in transport investment changes as revenue stream diminishes. By Eric Kulisch Many lawmakers say they want to take steps to improve the nation’s freight infrastructure because of its role […]
The White House has committed to expediting the interagency approval process for transportation infrastructure projects that provide direct economic benefit beyond the city or state in which they are […]
Conexus, a third-party logistics services provider based in Tulsa, Okla., has relocated its Laredo, Texas operation to a larger facility within the same city. The company first started […]
The Port of Virginia is off to a red-hot start to 2013, posting its best TEU volume growth through five months than any time in its history. In […]
The intemodal operator said the purchase of ERS supports its strategy of developing businesses in rail markets beyond its base market in the United Kingdom. Financial details of the transaction […]
Intermodal traffic rose 3 percent, year over year, to 1.21 million containers and trailers, according to the Association of American Railroads. May’s weekly average for intermodal traffic stood at […]
The NVOCC CaroTrans said it has entered into a strategic alliance with Multifreight Consolidator System, Inc. (MFCSI), an NVOCC in the Philippines market. CaroTrans said the two companies […]
Yang Ming has extended its lease at the Port of Los Angeles for an additional nine years. The liner carrier’s current lease at the West Basin Container Terminal […]
The massive agriculture processor Archer Daniels Midland Co. continues to heavily invest in transportation infrastructure to move commodities around the world and expects governments and its business partners to make […]
To take further advantage of the increased trade between the United States and Mexico, CEVA has added a bonded trucking program targeted at Mexican importers and a new intermodal […]
The 15 container shipping companies that are members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement are recommending a “guideline” general rate increase (GRI) for all commodities in the amount of $400 […]
Horizon Lines will start a “marine highway” service between Houston and Jacksonville, Fla., and restore capacity on the Jacksonville-Puerto Rico lane next month. Horizon Lines said its ship Horizon Producer, […]
Total domestic rail activity ticked up 2.6 percent last week compared to the same week last year, reaching 535,835 carloads and intermodal units, according to the Association of American […]
Truckload linehaul rates rose 2 percent in April, continuing a slow but steady price increase seen the beginning of the year, according to Cass Information Systems. Intermodal only […]
U.S., Canadian shippers struggle to meet anti-bug rules for cargo platform. By Chris Dupin Wood packaging material, such as pallets, crates, and dunnage, used to secure freight has been subject […]
Kansas City Southern markets border-crossing alternative to trucks. By Jon Ross The current boom in Mexican trade has mostly benefitted truck carriers, but Kansas City Southern is trying to corner […]
Mexico, once again, becomes attractive to U.S. shippers. By Jon Ross In today’s burgeoning trade between the United States and Mexico, a business that reached nearly $500 billion in 2012, […]
Liner carriers set changes to their fleets as Iraq, Afghanistan wars end. By Chris Dupin The U.S. merchant marine is adjusting to the drawdown in military operations in Iraq and […]
AES Logistics and Aljex Software said Thursday the two companies have integrated AES Logistics rates into Aljex hosted software for quick access by Aljex users. AES is a […]
Mark Ivey Sheppard, vice president for trade and development for the Alabama State Port Authority, died Tuesday at his home following a brief illness. He was 61 years old. […]
Charles “Wick” Moorman will give up his duties as president of Norfolk Southern Corp. to James Squires, who has been promoted from vice president administration, effective June 1, the company […]
IAS Logistics will expand its Texas hub-and-spoke trucking operation to Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami. No timeline for the expansion has been released. The carrier’s services currently […]
DHL Global Forwarding has added daily intermodal services from Shanghai and a weekly service from Chengdu to the European border. The offerings will use a combination of rail […]
National Shipping of America (NSA) will start a new fortnightly service between Puerto Rico and the Port of Houston on May 29. The company will operate its “Isla […]
Textainer turned in revenues of $128.8 million in the first quarter, a 9.6-percent, year-over-year bump, and saw its income from operations rise by 11.9 percent to $76.1 million. […]
Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) said it has begun upgrading its U.S.-flag fleet by replacing eight existing ships with eight newer and larger containerships at a cost of about $500 million. […]
C.R. England has promoted Brandon Harrison and Zach England to the position of chief operating officers. Harrison will oversee the trucking company’s national, regional, and Mexico divisions and […]
The Port of Pittsburgh Commission is building a wireless broadband network along the rivers in Pittsburgh and is seeking partners to explore new applications for transportation, safety, security and […]
Domestic intermodal container volume ticked up 10.2-percent, year over year, during the first quarter, making it the sixth consecutive quarter of increases of more than 10 percent, according to […]
Eurogate said its container terminal in Wilhelmshaven is enhancing its competitiveness by offering hinterland connections by rail at the same prices as other German ports. “Eurogate Group rail operators Eurogate […]
Southern California-based ocean freight consolidator DGX will start a weekly all-water service from Los Angeles to Guayaquil, Ecuador, effective May 7. “With an aggressive transit time of only […]
President Obama has named Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to succeed Ray LaHood as secretary of transportation. Foxx must now be confirmed by the Senate before taking his post. […]
Two members of Congress from Southern California are urging the City of Los Angeles and BNSF Railway to take further steps to mitigate the environmental effects of a planned […]
For the first 16 weeks of the year, total railroad traffic in the United States has grown by nearly 1 percent over 2012’s figures, according to the Association of American […]
Industry leaders concurred during testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday that the freight transportation industry is doing a lot to make fleets greener, but said Congress could help reduce air pollution […]
Terminal operating systems developers use economic downturn to focus on new technologies. By Eric Johnson During the depth of the economic recession in 2009 came an inflection point for investment in container terminal […]
Not everything shipped by rail fits in an intermodal container, gondola, hopper, or box car. For high, wide or oversize loads railroads such as BNSF Railway use specialized railcars. Products hauled by […]
Ports, terminals prepare for challenges from bigger ships, expanding alliances. By Chris Dupin Ports and terminals in the United States and worldwide will have to accommodate growing numbers of […]
‘The transition continues and there is no turning back.’ By Chris Dupin Container carriers are continuing the push to reduce the size of their U.S. chassis fleets, but their […]
Swift Transportation turned in operating revenue of $856.8 million during the first three months of the year, a result the company is touting as record first quarter revenue. […]
The liner carrier MOL this week said that in the first quarter of 2013 it failed to meet its internal 90-percent target for intermodal transit on-time performance for 18 […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received five license applications for review. The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from Iris International USA, Haworth, N.J. (Chang […]
Bill Shuster, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, has formed a special panel of six committee members to create a national infrastructure strategy across all freight transport modes.
The Union Pacific railroad has introduced a twice-weekly dedicated intermodal rail service between the Port of Houston’s Barbours Cut Container Terminal, and its Dallas Intermodal Terminal facility.
J.B. Hunt Transportation Services turned in first-quarter earnings of $73.3 million, a year-over-year increase of more than $5 million. Operating revenue during the quarter increased from $1.17 billion […]
The cloud-based intermodal solutions provider IAS said Wednesday it has released changes to its ChassisManager program at the Hampton Roads Chassis Pool (HRCP) to address changes in the chassis-provisioning […]
In March, intermodal traffic rose by 0.5 percent, year over year, to 933,208 containers, while the number of carloads declined by 0.5 percent to 1.117 million when compared to March […]
The City of Long Beach is appealing to the Los Angeles City Council not to approve the Southern California International Gateway rail yard project recently forwarded by the Port of […]
The liner carrier OOCL said Monday it will no longer provide chassis for import and export shipments to and from facilities in Houston and Savannah from July 1. […]
The North American revenue-earning railcar fleet increased by 1 percent in 2012, according to the 2013 North American Freight Railcar Review, published by Railinc. The revenue-earning fleet is […]
The non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans said Tuesday it will add two Shanghai-to-U.S. less-than-containerload (LCL) services to its transpacific services. The services include a new connection between Shanghai and […]
Things are looking up for JB Hunt, according to a BB&T analysis ahead of the company’s release of first-quarter results. BB&T predicts intermodal volumes will rise near the […]
Hillwood Properties is adding on to its 17,000-acre master-planned complex AllianceTexas, building the 1.2-million-square-foot industrial speculation property Alliance Center North 1 as part of the Fort Worth development’s 650-acre […]
Port trucking companies wrestle with productivity, labor compliance challenges. By Eric Kulisch Trucking companies that service the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are trying to overcome impediments at […]
Currently, import containers that don’t move inland from the dock as a block on unit trains are trucked 24 miles to BNSF’s Hobart Yard. The new intermodal facility would reduce […]
The Port of New Orleans said its board of commissioners has given notice to AECOM Technical Services to begin the design of the port’s new Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal […]
Maersk Line on Friday said it will raise freight rates April 15 from Asia (excluding Japan) to European destinations by $500 per TEU, while its rates to Syria will be […]
Local government and industry officials at three ports on the opposite end of the spectrum in California are lobbying members of Congress and U.S. Customs to adjust how the […]
The Government Accountability Office Wednesday released a report on shipping between Puerto Rico and the United States and possible modification of the Jones Act requirement that vessels participating in the […]
CenterPoint Properties broke ground this week on a new ACE Hardware distribution center at Wilmer, Texas. The 450,000-square-foot facility will be situated on 31.3 acres within the 59.9-acre […]
Building on the success of an ocean-import security pilot designed to increase trade efficiency, the United States and Canada on Thursday reached an agreement in principle to move ahead with […]
Truckload line-haul costs have risen 4.3 percent last month compared to February 2012, but have remained flat from January, according to the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index. Intermodal costs […]
The Jacksonville Port Authority’s 2013 Logistics & Intermodal Conference, March 18-19, will highlight how major global terminal operators are expanding in emerging markets, including those in South America, Central […]
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission on Thursday certified the final Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) intermodal railyard, which it said would increase the […]
Freight shipments rose by 0.5 percent, year over year, and increased by 5.6 percent when compared to January, according to the Cass Freight Index. January’s numbers showed a […]
The Multimodal Opportunities via Enhanced (MOVE) Act offered by Rep. Albio Sires, D-N.J., would expand the definition of the national freight network to include rail, waterways, inland ports, freight intermodal […]
