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Intermodal In The News

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October, 2024 21
Journal of Commerce

Union Pacific Railroad is building an intermodal terminal on existing UP property west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Construction is underway on the terminal, which will serve domestic and international containerized shipments of grains, consumer goods, refrigerated products and pet foods, UP officials announce

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October, 2024 18
Journal of Commerce

North American railroads hauled nearly 2.17 million domestic containers in the third quarter as a surge in demand in Southern California drove a 6% year-over-year increase in volumes, according to the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý (ÐÔÊӽ紫ý). The figure exceeds the Journal of Commerce’s quarterly forecast of 2.

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October, 2024 04
Journal of Commerce

Reduced vessel arrivals and container volumes, coupled with cleaner cargo-handling equipment from rail to drayage, helped the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach significantly reduce emissions last year, but the environmental challenges are only mounting.

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September, 2024 16
Journal of Commerce

For decades, a simple philosophy dictated how ocean carriers approached contract negotiations with US dockworkers: Keep the ports open. Even if it meant making major concessions on wages or benefits, carriers were primarily motivated to avoid disruption on the docks and were willing to pay handsomely to achieve that

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August, 2024 29
Freightwaves

Surging containerized imports helped railroads’ U.S. intermodal traffic to a double-digit increase as shippers raced to get end-of-year retail merchandise ahead of disruptions in the global supply chain. Containers and trailers totaled 287,949 carloads, an increase of 17.1% for the week ending Aug. 24, compared w

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August, 2024 12
Trains

The RoadRailer era will come to an end this month as the last Triple Crown unit trains operate between Detroit and Kansas City. But the trains will be replaced by new container service linking Toledo and K.C. ATLANTA — RoadRailer has reached the end of the line. The last runs of Norfolk Southern Triple Crown Road