Predicting the unpredictable for intermodal
History doesn’t provide a road map for how intermodal traffic may perform in the midst of a trade war, analyst Larry Gross says.
History doesn’t provide a road map for how intermodal traffic may perform in the midst of a trade war, analyst Larry Gross says.
With an international intermodal surge winding down, analyst Larry Gross pins his hopes on domestic intermodal share gains.
A new report from the Intermodal Association of North America found international volumes helped intermodal freight author a turnaround in 2024.
At the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, intermodalists advise and dissent over developments in the freight sector.
Union Pacific wants customers to lobby Congress to get U.S. Customs and Border Protection to say when suspended freight rail operations in El Paso and Eagle Pass, Texas, will resume.
CN boasts record Canadian grain volumes, Watco completes a Texas terminal expansion, and the Association of American Railroads and the Intermodal Association of North America detail volume ups and downs.
The great chassis squeeze in intermodal transport is not done yet, according to a panel of executives at the annual IANA meeting.
Infrastructure and capacity expansion projects, regulatory uncertainties and progress toward supply chain visibility and sustainability are the themes that rail and intermodal stakeholders have set their sights on in 2022.
The pace of U.S. rail volume growth slowed in July, according to Association of American Railroad data. But still expect intermodal growth through 2021 in North America, the Intermodal Association of North America said.
Steel and chemicals were among the commodities that showed volume strength in April, according to the Association of American Railroads. North American intermodal volumes grew 10.5% in the first quarter, said the Intermodal Association of North America.
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Traffic density matters because it helps managers decide which rail track routes shift from main lines to possibly less viable branch lines.
Higher consumer spending, inventory restocking and rising import levels contributed to a 9.6% gain in North American intermodal volumes in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the Intermodal Association of North America.
Robert Primus gets confirmed as the newest member of the Surface Transportation Board while the Intermodal Association of North America names Barbara Melvin as its new board member.
With intermodal volumes growing in the third quarter and October, how will the railroads handle intermodal traffic in the fourth quarter?
The Intermodal Association of North America said the federal agency’s signoff allows more efficient training and helps recruit and retain equipment mechanics.
U.S. carloads fall nearly 18%, although intermodal traffic slipped by only 1%.
No actions or fines on regulation 371.3 in past seven years, data reveals
Move aimed at preventing possible container transportation emergency.
Mullen not expecting the issue to “go away any time soon”
Moody’s says rail volumes could slip 15% or more in 2020. Meanwhile, IANA confirms declines in international intermodal volumes in the first quarter.
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Executives at North America’s major railroads are making the case that intermodal service will be more reliable and consistent after a year of major service changes. This comes as weakness in the industrial economy makes consumer-driven freight more important than ever to the railroads. Collectively known as precision scheduled railroading, the efficiency drives have made […]
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Customers in some cases can move back and forth between the rails and the roads, and how brokers deal with that was the subject of an IANA panel discussion.
Jim Filter of Schneider says he’s seeing benefits from CSX paring back its footprint and focusing on a smaller range of lanes.
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