Trucking

New Orleans Public Belt names M.D. (Mike) Stolzman General Manager

AJOT | April 29, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Arpin Group appoints Bridget Ritchie to management committee

Arpin Group is pleased to announce that Bridget Ritchie, vice president global business development – corporate accounts, has been appointed to the Arpin Group Management Committee.

FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index for February Stays in Positive Territory for Fifth Consecutive Month

AJOT | April 26, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Estes Seeks to Expand Shipping Capabilities with Bid for Select Eastern Freightways and Carrier Industries Assets

AJOT | April 26, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Estes Express Lines, the nation’s largest privately owned freight transportation carrier, has submitted a stalking horse bid of $15 million to acquire select assets of Eastern Freightways and Carrier Industries.

Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District to Help Fund Transit, Other Improvements Along State Route 91 Corridor

AJOT | April 26, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

China Property Developer Eyes Deals in Quest to Dominate Electric Vehicles

Bloomberg | April 26, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Emerging markets, ADAS and cold-chain driving global commercial vehicle telematics revenues to over US$29 billion by 2024

AJOT | April 25, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

UES Chassis GmbH: greater service and efficiency for container chassis hirers with IoT and CargoTracer

AJOT | April 25, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

An unloaded container chassis is up to ten metres long and weighs up to 5,500 kilos. And yet despite their size, these chassis still frequently disappear without a trace. The Hamburg-based chassis leasing company UES is now using the ‘Internet of Transport’ to track them down and to assist hirers and drivers more effectively in the event of a breakdown – made possible by an affordable tracking system from BPW Innovation Lab.

Intermodal

Bloomberg | Top Story | April 25, 2019

Trump seeks speedy project reviews – except for Hudson Tunnel

Promising “gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways,’’ President Donald Trump ordered faster U.S. decisions on major public-works plans. That hasn’t happened with a New York City-area rail tunnel that boosters call the nation’s most-needed infrastructure project.

A slimmer Belt and Road is even scarier

Bloomberg | April 24, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Intermodal

AJOT | Top Story | April 24, 2019

A. Duie Pyle chosen to implement first two of 20 emission-free electric FUSO trucks

In light of Earth Day, companies across industries are continuously thinking of ways to implement sustainable efforts to their practices – specifically, within the trucking industry. In fact, technology adoption across fleets has grown up to 44 percent in the past year.

Trailer manufacturer invests in SP load cells

AJOT | April 24, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Trail-Eze Inc., a Mitchell, South Dakota-based manufacturer of heavy equipment trailers, has put two 13-ton capacity Straightpoint (SP) Radiolink plus load cells at the heart of material handling operations at its new, state-of-the-art facility.