Tagged: Intermodal

Forward Air acquires Edgmon Trucking

Forward Air Acquires Edgmon

Forward Air acquires Edgmon Trucking. Intermodal drayage company generating about $22 million in revenue each year in Kent, Washington. Edgmon serves the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, operating a five-acre facility in Kent and a…

Rail and trucking join forces to increase efficiencies via an increase in capacity and getting freight moving

Rail and Trucking Join Forces

Rail and trucking join forces to increase efficiencies via an increase in capacity and getting freight moving. It’s no secret the supply chain has been backed up, bottlenecked, scrambled, and …

Intermodal containers stacked

J.B. Hunt Says Intermodal Lagging

Expectations around long-term intermodal margins were the main topic at J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ appearance at the Citi 2021 Global Industrials Virtual Conference in February. John Roberts, the company’s president and chief executive, said management…

Intermodal Containers at Port in Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spanien

ATA Sues Over Chassis Use

The U.S. Federeal Maritime Commission (FMC) has assigned to its Office of Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) a complaint from the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) alleging massive overcharges for container chassis use in recent years. FMC received the complaint from the association on Aug. 17.

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Intermodal Network Drives U.S. Economy

America’s 21st-century economy rides on the back of a 21st-century intermodal network. Years in the making, this interconnected network of trucks, trains and cargo ships has turned competitors into collaborative partners, and benefited American consumers…

Intermodal containers stacked

USDOT Approves Intermodal Grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) multimodal grants funding reached nearly $1.2 billion in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 agreement announced earlier this year. “While less than the $1.5 billion provided for USDOT’s Better Utilizing…

BNSF Railway Train and Ship with Intermodal Containers in background

BNSF Wants More Intermodal Service

BNSF wants to speed up intermodal service with new capital projects so it can grab a larger piece of e-commerce freight, according to the company’s head of intermodal marketing.
BNSF, a unit of Berskshire Hathway…

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