Intermodal

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The Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI), a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads, has named Kari Gonzales as its new president. Gonzales, a 20-year veteran of Pueblo, Colorado-based TTCI, has been serving as the group's acting president since June. Prior to her appointment,...

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On today's episode Dooner and The Dude are LIVE from the FreightWaves Intermodal Summit. American Association of Railroads Vice President and Economist Luisa Fernandez-Willey joins the show to talk about the bipartisan infrastructure plan, rail congestion, and decarbonization. Operation Life-...

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FreightWaves recently chatted with Daniel Walsh, president and CEO of TRAC Intermodal, about reported chassis shortages and the congestion issues facing the supply chain. This question-and-answer interview was edited for clarity and length. FREIGHTWAVES: How is chassis availability in the regions...

The supply chain disruptions occurring within the international intermodal sector will likely persist through the end of the year, according to Union Pacific President and CEO Lance Fritz. UP (NYSE: UNP) has taken numerous actions to mitigate the impact to customers and it has been working with...

The Surface Transportation Board is asking the Class I railroads to explain how they are addressing congestion within the international intermodal supply chain amid shippers' reports about "sizeable" storage fees and the length of time containers are being held. STB Chairman Marty Oberman, in...

Brain E. Gorton, Conrail's president and chief operating officer since April, recently chatted with FreightWaves about his vision for Conrail, a U.S. Northeast terminal railroad jointly owned by CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC). As described in an October 2019 FreightWaves piece,...

PierPass Inc. said Tuesday its OffPeak program has taken 48 million truck trips out of daytime Southern California traffic since its launch 15 years ago. OffPeak was designed to reduce cargo-related congestion and pollution in and around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach by diverting truck...

  Regulators are giving intermodal chassis providers a three-month reprieve from required annual inspections for recently expired equipment to help alleviate disruptions caused by COVID-19. The waiver, issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on June 1, was granted to the...

Late last year, I questioned whether intermodal still deserves to be considered a growth area within surface transportation, asserting that its growth status has been diminished, if not demolished. Of course, no judgement on that debate was ever expected to be rendered during the first two months...

Something strange happened over the weekend to Transport DSquare in Montreal. The intermodal carrier got notice that rail containers from Western Canada — tied up indefinitely from weeks of protest blockades disrupting Canadian National's network — were en route.  "We were shocked," Transport...

Private equity firm Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, which is based in New York City, has signed an agreement to acquire TRAC Intermodal from a Fortress Investment Group affiliate. Financial terms for the agreement, which is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, were...

Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland examines U.S. tender volumes before diving into the Ontario, CA and Dallas, TX markets in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, SONAR Data Analyst Luke Falasca discusses how to use rejections to direct sales in the Broker Update, and...