intermodal

Reflecting the tariff pull-forward, rail intermodal takes share from truckload.

Until recently, surface transportation demand in total was relatively flat with shippers utilizing the rails more frequently. Annual intermodal growth has stabilized, with truckload demand eroding beyond the modal shift offset.

For a fourth straight week, U.S. rail traffic has recorded an increase of more than 5% over the same week a year earlier. Statistics from the Association of American Railroads for the week ending March 22 show total traffic was 496,214 carloads and intermodal units, a 5.5% increase over the same week in 2024. That […]

Rail traffic in the U.S. is staying ahead of 2024 levels, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Trade group says stores continue to import as much merchandise as possible.

CSX is detouring well over a dozen trains daily now that the Howard Street Tunnel project is underway in Baltimore.

Weekly U.S. rail traffic posted a 5.5% gain from the year-ago period as coal and grain led commodity gainers, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Commodities were narrowly ahead in weekly U.S. rail traffic, according to the Association of American Railroads.

The Belt Railway of Chicago has appointed former CN and CP executive Jerry Peck as president and general manager.

The early-year supply chain lull swept rail freight in the latest carload data from the Association of American Railroads.

Railroads are weighing the uncertainty of President Trump’s proposed tariffs and foresee a moderate cross-border impact, executives told an investor conference.

BNSF’s saw fourth quarter revenue decline primarily due to a 6.6% drop in average revenue per carload.

Carload volume on U.S. railroads for the week ending Feb. 15 finished narrowly ahead of the same period in 2024.

Freight market not tightening in time for bid season.

U.S. rail traffic has risen for the fifth time in the first six weeks of 2025.

A tax credit to help pay for the renewal of the U.S. freight car fleet has been reintroduced in Congress.

A ceremony marked the opening of CPKC’s new Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge crossing the Rio Grande, at the busiest rail gateway connecting the United States and Mexico.

Universal Logistics lowered its 2025 guidance due to headwinds in the intermodal market and expenses from a recent acquisition.

Universal Logistics Holdings reported a 19% increase in operating revenue to $465.1 million in the fourth quarter.

Liner operator Ocean Network Express and LX Pantos are partnering on Boxlinks for U.S. domestic intermodal logistics.