Intermodal News
News from the intermodal freight transportation industry.
Snarled supply chain is leading to less-nutritious school meals
| September 24, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
Barings and Partners Group recapitalize Milestone, a leading provider of transportation equipment in the US
| September 24, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
Top 12 finalists named in America’s Transportation Awards competition
| September 24, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
Caisse backs CN Rail, questions TCI’s motives in proxy fight
| September 23, 2021 | Intermodal News | Rail
The head of Quebec’s largest fund manager is backing the board and management of Canadian National Railway Co. in their fight against an unhappy shareholder, saying they were right to attempt a takeover of Kansas City Southern even though the bid failed.
Containers piling up at US rail yards add to port strains
| September 23, 2021 | Intermodal News | Rail
To understand why more than 100 container ships are waiting to enter U.S. ports from Southern California to Savannah, Georgia, it helps to keep tabs on the congestion that’s building at another key junction of freight transportation: rail yards.
Last mile delivery startup MetroSpeedy closes $5M seed funding
| September 23, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
More rail tank cars meet DOT-117 safety standards in 2020
| September 23, 2021 | Energy News | Intermodal News | Rail
More than half (54%) of rail tank cars carrying Class 3 flammable liquids in 2020 met new safety requirements, an increase from the 48% in 2019, according to the Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars Carrying Flammable Liquids: 2021 Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
BYD announces dealership agreement with 1 Source Material Handling Inc.
| September 23, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
FedEx partners with self-driving car startup Aurora in Texas
| September 23, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
Aurora Innovation Inc. will help move cargo for FedEx Corp. in a pilot project in Texas that uses the startup’s technology in a self-driving Paccar Inc. truck. The arrangement marks FedEx’s first trial of autonomous driving.
NEXT TRUCKING appoints new product and technology executives to drive platform growth
| September 23, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
British Airways scraps Gatwick plan, escalating union standoff
| September 23, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines | Intermodal News
Airbus production ramp-up ‘constrained’ by supply-chain woes
| September 23, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines | Intermodal News
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index eased in July, but conditions remain robust for carriers
| September 22, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road | By The Numbers
Kari Gonzales named TTCI’s next President
| September 22, 2021 | People | Appointments | Intermodal News | Rail
VW’s Traton flags significant sales hit from chip shortage
| September 22, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
Davies Turner leaps up table of Top 30 UK logistics providers
| September 22, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
Davies Turner has jumped seven places to 21st in the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s prestigious league table of the Top 30 logistics providers in the UK.
ATA urges DOT to proceed with national framework for automated vehicles
| September 22, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
ATA Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.5% in August
| September 22, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road | By The Numbers
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.5% in August after falling 1.1% in July. In August, the index equaled 110.3 (2015=100) compared with 109.8 in July.
VW’s Traton expects significant sales hit from chip shortage
| September 22, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
Mercedes−Benz Trucks presents fully electric vehicles
| September 21, 2021 | Intermodal News | Road
Several vehicle innovations were presented to the public by Mercedes-Benz Trucks. In doing so, the focus was especially on the electrification of the product portfolio.
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