intermodal
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Railroad
Commentary: Is the Alameda Rail Corridor in financial danger?
Jim Blaze writes about the Alameda Corridor in Los Angeles, that takes some of the freight from the harbor to distribution centers. Is it still…
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News
Cass data and outlook down again in October
The latest Cass outlook signals "economic contraction,” but the heads at some of the nation’s largest truckload carriers see a different path.
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American Shipper
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FreightWaves LIVE
Digital disruption will speed up supply chains, says J.B. Hunt’s Simpson (with video)
CHICAGO – The technology transformation that’s underway in freight transportation is badly needed to eliminate billions of dollars in annual waste and improve service for…
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FreightWaves LIVE
J.B. Hunt’s Shipper 360 offers customers multimodal visibility, predictive pricing
Hunt thinks that an additional 7 to 11 million loads per year could shift from the highway to intermodal.
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Equipment
Schneider CEO: AB5, other regulatory changes could spark “re-regulation” of industry (with video)
Mark Rourke, CEO of Schneider National, right, told George Abernathy, president of FreightWaves, that a series of regulations hitting the industry will affect expenses or…
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Weather
Commentary: Spring floods have lasting impact on Midwestern transportation market
For anyone in and around the Corn Belt in 2019, the lasting effects of this spring’s flooding are still front and center in everyone’s mind.…
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Finance
Roadrunner continues to restructure, sells intermodal unit to Universal Logistics
Roadrunner continues to restructure its operations by shuttering another unit. The company announced that it was selling its intermodal operations to Universal Logistics.
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Chart of the Week
Intermodal rail outperforms trucking in October
The rails managed to increase rates while trucking rates continued to compress in October.
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News
Noisy quarter, but management believes Schneider is well-positioned for 2020
With the bulk of its final mile business shuttered and its tractor fleet right-sized, management believes that the company is on solid footing to see…
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