Hawaii dairyman transforms company into a specialized tank container operator. By Chris Dupin There are many routes that entrepreneurs have taken to the shipping industry, but […]
Pacer International said it has entered into a multi-year agreement to arrange, manage and provide intermodal freight transportation services for both automotive parts and freight-all-kinds shipments between the United […]
The Port of Halifax and Canadian National have jointly appointed new commercial representatives in India, the port said Wednesday. The two operations named Ajay Kumar Singh as their representative in […]
C.H. Robinson Worldwide said it had a profit of $116.3 million in the third quarter, 1.7 percent more than the $114.3 earned in the same 2011 period. Total revenues […]
Norfolk Southern reported a profit of $402 million in the third quarter, 27 percent less than the $554 million it earned in the third quarter of 2011. Railway operating […]
Hub Group reported record profit of $18.5 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, an increase of 14 percent compared to the $16.2 million earned in third quarter […]
The liner carrier MOL said Friday it met internal intermodal transit on-time performance targets for five of 18 origin-destination pairs in the third quarter of 2012. The carriers […]
Benjamin Port commissioners at the Port of Oakland late Thursday placed Executive Director Omar Benjamin on paid administrative leave following revelations of employees submitting improper travel expenses, including a reimbursement […]
Kansas City Southern had a net profit of $90.7 million in the third quarter, compared to $100.1 million in the same 2011 period. The railroad said revenues hit […]
Liberty Maritime says proposed changes keep U.S.-owned firms out of MSP. By Chris Dupin A New York shipowner says proposed changes in the Maritime Security Program (MSP) would lock […]
Union Pacific Corp. said it had a profit of $1 billion in the third quarter, compared to $904 million in the third quarter 2011. Operating revenue for the […]
CSX Corp. had a profit of $455 million in the third quarter ending Sept. 28, 2 percent less than the $464 million it earned in the same 2011 period. […]
ChemLogix, a provider of chemical industry transportation management, technology, and supply chain consulting services, has launched a new freight brokerage service as part of its Capacity Management program. […]
COSCO Container Lines said Monday it plans to hike rates on both the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades in the coming weeks. The eastbound transpacific increases, effective Dec. 1, […]
Alemán Zubieta Alberto Alemán Zubieta, the former administrator of the Panama Canal, will be presented with the Container and Intermodal Institute’s “Connie Award” on Dec. 10 during a luncheon in […]
Strong performance by its intermodal business helped J.B. Hunt Transport Services report a profit of $78.2 million in the third quarter ending Sept. 30, compared to $68.7 million in the […]
Chicago-based law firm Freeborn & Peters LLP has formed a transportation team. The industry-focused group will address the legal needs of companies across the transportation sector, particularly those […]
DB Schenker Logistics has expanded its European land transport service to Russia via Berlin, Krakow, Riga and Helsinki. These new gateways are linked with the rest of DB […]
The Port of Los Angeles has revised its draft Environmental Impact Report for the planned construction of a near-dock intermodal container-truck transfer facility to be operated by the BNSF Railway. […]
With new intermodal yard in Decatur, ADM can move containers efficiently in the U.S. and Canada. By Chris Dupin Archer Daniels Midland Co., the agriculture giant that advertises itself as “supermarket […]
C.H. Robinson paid a premium to win a bidding war for Chicago-based freight forwarder Phoenix International. Company officials say Phoenix’s growth potential as a high-quality operator easily justified the […]
Matson Logistics is expanding its Port of Savannah distribution operations and recently signed a lease to increase its presence at Black Creek in Bryan County, Georgia. The expansion is expected to […]
Paul R. Bergent, who recently retired as president of intermodal and chief marketing officer for J.B. Hunt Transportation Services, was named the winner of the Intermodal Association of North America’s […]
Union Pacific has appointed Joe Santamaria to vice president of engineering, where he will lead track, infrastructure and signal systems design, construction and maintenance. The appointment takes effect […]
Aqua Gulf Transport and Hawaii Intermodal Tank Transport said they have formed an alliance to provide transportation with specialized temperature-controlled ISO tank containers in the Puerto Rico and Caribbean […]
Two bellwethers of the freight transportation sector are showing relative weakness in their volume, signaling that the uneven U.S. economic recovery could be heading for another dip. In a […]
Wenjin Lee has been named president of the Taiwan-based shipping line’s North American operations. He was previously senior vice president of equipment management and intermodal at Yang Ming’s office in Jersey City, N.J.
Portus Stevedoring, a private company that operates a 25-acre marine terminal at the Port of Jacksonville, said Thursday it’s expanding to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where it will […]
Hamburg Süd said it will implement a revised policy on chassis provision in Portland, Ore., and Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., effective Nov. 1. The company currently sources chassis from the […]
Canadian Pacific said it has launched new, faster intermodal train services connecting Vancouver to Toronto or Chicago. CP said the new schedules shave a day from the 2,600-mile […]
Container throughput at the Port of Virginia grew 24 percent in August on a yearly basis to 188,658 TEUs, the Virginia Port Authority said. The figure comes on the […]
Intermodal pioneer Donald C. Orris will be honored Oct. 2 at the Containerization and Intermodal Institute’s Connie Awards event in Long Beach, Calif. Orris, who helped build stacktrains […]
R.R. Donnelley & Sons has broadened its growing logistics services through the acquisition of outbound mailing service provider Express Postal Options International. Express Postal currently provides outbound services […]
SynchroNet Intermodal Services has hired John S. Walter as director international sales. Walter will be responsible for sales of SynchroNet’s Web-based street-turn and stack-train services, and will focus […]
The Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners announced Thursday evening that Jerry Bridges, who has headed the state agency since 2007, will step down as port director at the […]
SynchroNet Intermodal Services (SIS) has expanded its North American street-turn service to include shippers and non-vessel-operating common carriers to increase customer visibility. The service, which gives access to a larger […]
INSIGHT Inc. is preparing its operations to tackle the cap-and-trade restrictions being put in place in the United States as it believes California’s adoption of regulations foreshadow things to come. […]
Maersk Line said it plans to hike rates from the Far East to Asia, starting Sept. 19. The increases are $400 per 20-foot container, $500 per 40-foot container, $565 […]
The port and city of Oakland are organizing the $1 billion project, which will include an intermodal yard to serve marine terminals operated by Ports America and the logistics park. […]
Do derivatives have the potential to change the way the ocean freight market functions? By Eric Johnson Late June in San Francisco, and the scene was a bit […]
Logistics providers adapt to tough sales environment by developing creative solutions, collaborating with shippers. By Eric Kulisch U.S. third-party logistics providers fared well last year with revenue increasing […]
The U.S. Transportation Department on Thursday officially started the Freight Policy Council which will focus on improving the condition and performance of the country’s freight network. The council […]
GAC Energy and Marine Services, a subsidiary of Dubai-based global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, has opened a new warehouse in Laredo, Texas, to meet the growing […]
A CSX freight train carrying coal derailed around midnight in Ellicott City, Md., west of Baltimore, killing two people and crushing several cars that were parked nearby in a public […]
CEVA Logistics on Monday said it has expanded the ancillary services to its less-than-containerload (LCL) ocean freight network in the U.S. Midwest. CEVA augmented its LCL services in […]
COSCO Container Lines on Friday said it will hike its eastbound transpacific rates from Sept. 10. The increases, which apply to origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, and Indian […]
Domestic intermodal volume grew 12.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2012, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report, released today. […]
Fidelity Comtech has completed the installation of its Phocus Array 802.11 wireless radio frequency (RF) solution at the Port of Tacoma’s Washington United Terminals (WUT). The system will improve […]
Matson, Inc., which includes the liner carrier Matson Navigation Co. as well as Matson Logistics, saw first half revenue climb 7.5 percent year-on-year to $760.3 million. The company’s […]
Liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it’s raising rates on cargo moving from Asia/Southeast Asia countries to the United States, including Puerto Rico. The general rate increases, effective […]
The decline in coal traffic this year is having the salutary effect of improving overall service on freight railroads in North America, according to Larry Gross, a senior consultant […]
Trailer Leasing Alliance (TLA), based in Wayne, Pa., has started full-service trailer leasing operations with 16,000 late model 53-foot trailers. These trailers were recently acquired by US Trailer […]
Matson Navigation Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Matthew J. Cox will receive a Connie Award from the Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) on Oct. 2 in Long Beach, Calif. Connie […]
Two Nova Scotia ports with deep water, intermodal links vie for large containerships. By Chris Dupin Two communities in Nova Scotia – about 70 miles apart — are […]
White House makes exports priority, but will fall short of ambitious target, expert says. By Eric Kulisch The United States may have been on track during the first two […]
Sometimes things just fall into place for shippers who thought they were at the end of the world. Such may be the case for agricultural exporters in North […]
A drop in coal demand, spurred by cheap natural gas, is signaling a shift in U.S. energy markets, with railroads offsetting a loss in revenue by focusing on fracking, petroleum, […]
Universal Truckload Services, said it will acquire LINC Logistics Co, an asset-light third-party logistics provider, in a stock-for-stock transaction that is worth roughly $335 million and includes the assumption […]
Pacer International said it had a profit of $1.3 million in the second quarter ending June 30, compared to $4.2 million in the same 2011 period. The Dublin, […]
C.H. Robinson said it had a profit of $114.6 million in the second quarter, 3.2 percent more than in the same 2011 period. Total revenues were $2.96 billion […]
Norfolk Southern said it had profit of $524 million in the second quarter, 6 percent less than in the same 2011 period. Railway operating revenues of $2.9 billion were […]
The U.S. domestic trucking market is finely poised, with characteristics that could push it into no growth or capacity shortage, depending on which way the wind blows, according to […]
The Walt Disney Co. will begin shipping small batches of Asian-made merchandise for the Disney World resort in Orlando, Fla., through the Port of Miami early next year when an […]
Rail Logistics is expanding its “Cold Train” logistics service, adding new equipment and adding new destinations this year. In early 2010, Rail Logistics launched the intermodal reefer service […]
Nova Cold Storage has begun construction on a $9.5 million facility for refrigerated and frozen food logistics at the Atlantic Gateway – Halifax Logistics Park. Nova is expanding to […]
MOL releases performance data for eastbound transpacific intermodal shipments in the second quarter, with seven of 18 pairs examined surpassing the line’s internal goal of 90 percent on-time delivery.
Union Pacific said its second quarter ending June 30 was its most profitable ever. The Class I railroad had a profit of $1 billion, 28 percent more than the $785 […]
Further signs that the U.S. economy could be slowing to a crawl came Monday when the Commerce Department released figures showing that retail sales dipped a half percent in June […]
Two major U.S. railroads reported improved results for the second quarter on Tuesday, with their bottom lines boosted by better revenues from hauling intermodal cargo and automobiles. CSX […]
A fleet of about 27,000 road trailers previously owned by the Transport International Pool, Inc. (TIP) subsidiary of General Electric Capital Corp. was acquired Tuesday by Wood Creek Capital […]
The South Carolina Ports Authority said Tuesday it is reviving long-dormant plans to build an inland port in Greer that would make it easier for many shippers to drop-off […]
Secretary LaHood and Gov. Brown U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday visited the Port of Oakland, along with California Gov. Jerry Brown, to highlight the benefits of a recently […]
The ocean carrier COSCO Container Lines said Monday it plans to hike rates on the eastbound transpacific from Aug. 7. The move appears to be made outside the […]
“The June 2012 average weekly intermodal volume of 249,006 units is the highest average for any June on record and the third highest for any month, behind August and October […]
Epes Logistics, a subsidary of Epes Carriers, has acquired Archdale, N.C.-based freight brokerage Meredith Transport Inc. (MTI). Epes said the move will help it branch into new markets. […]
Canadian National Railway said Thursday that it plans further improvements along its tracks leading to the Port of Prince Rupert to handle growing freight volumes. CN said it […]
The U.S. Transportation Command (Transcom) has announced Universal Service Contracts that it estimates could be worth about $6 billion to 22 U.S.-flag shipping companies over a three-year period. They […]
The Southern California port on Monday announced two incentive programs aimed at inducing big ships and discretionary intermodal cargo to call at its marine terminals. If formerly approved, the programs will take effect […]
DP World London Gateway and DB Schenker Rail said Monday they have signed an agreement to provide rail services from the new U.K. deep-sea port, which opens in the […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce will announce in a few weeks the members of a new supply chain advisory committee, Michael Masserman, executive director for export policy, promotion and strategy, […]
DB Schenker Rail has stepped up its transport of Scottish whisky from the United Kingdom to its rail depot in Wroclaw, Poland. The whisky is transport from central Scotland […]
The Obama administration is committed to supporting investment in seaports because they are the lynch pin for $3.15 trillion of business activity and 13.3 million jobs in the United States, […]
The Port of Marseilles-Fos said its container volume has grown 14 percent year-on-year through the first five months of 2012. The French port handled 431,718 TEUs during the […]
Florida Governor Rick Scott signed two bills on Thursday that he said will facilitate economic development by prioritizing state investment in transportation projects, including improvements to Florida’s 14 deepwater […]
The liner carrier MOL (America) said this week it is adding another new metric to the list of regional key performance indicators on which it will report regularly. […]
The Virginia Port Authority on Tuesday reported a 12.6 percent gain in container volume and a 59 percent increase in breakbulk tonnage in May compared to the prior year. […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has started a new less-than-containerload service originating in Rio Haina, Dominican Republic to Miami. The service, with a transit time of five days, uses […]
The recommended rate increases are $50 per 40-foot container from California ports and $100 per FEU for all other intermodal and all-water shipments, with proportionate increases for other equipment sizes […]
Legislation ordering 4,800 workers back to work was passed on Friday by Canada’s Senate and CP told shippers that their cargo will begin moving and intermodal terminals are resuming normal hours.
Michael Masserman, executive director for export policy, promotion and strategy for the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration, will deliver the keynote speech at a half-day seminar sponsored by […]
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials announced Friday that Executive Director John Horsley and Jack Basso, director of program finance and management, plan to retire effective Feb. […]
The liner carrier MOL (America) said Thursday it has added another metric to its list of monthly key performance indicators. The line will report on a new category […]
Shippers struggle with varying policies on how to secure wheels under their containers. By Chris Dupin While a recent study found most U.S. shippers would prefer no change in […]
The Port of Virginia said Tuesday its container volume rose 5.2 percent year-on-year in April to 169,644 TEUs. It’s the third consecutive month of year-on-year growth for the […]
Amware Logistics Services said Tuesday it has acquired Parcel Port, a small non-asset based warehousing, distribution and fulfillment company based in Arizona that has a strong focus on managing […]
Domestic intermodal volumes continued their upward climb in the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest figures from the Intermodal Association of North America. Domestic volumes soared […]
The intermodal and logistics company Pacer International said it has entered a multiyear agreement to have CSX remain its primary rail carrier in the eastern United States. It […]
Effective July 1, WTSA member lines have recommended increases to existing rates of $300 per FEU from the U.S. West Coast, and $400 per FEU for intermodal and U.S. East […]
The Charlotte Regional Intermodal Facility is located at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport and will be capable of handling 200,000 lifts per year. It will replace the railroad’s existing intermodal […]
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, worried that planning for a rail intermodal center to support more port-related cargo and economic growth is taking longer than anticipated, on Friday asked CSX Transportation […]
