Intermodal transport, Meeting and Training

Understanding Intermodal Transportation

CLX Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Intermodal is a term we see all the time in freight and supply chain logistics, but what does it actually mean? It’s pretty simple – intermodal transportation uses two or more modes or carriers to transport freight from shipper to consignee. The Intermodal Transportation Process.

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AAR heralds Class I railroad positive train control implementation

247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 29, 2019

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) recently reported that Class I railroads have made significant strides in its efforts to implement positive train control (PTC) on 83.2% The objective of PTC systems is to prevent train-to-train collisions, overspeed derailments, and incursions into roadway work limits. With its 83.2%

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Rail Logistics Moves Ahead

Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

Rail-Flow, the leading platform provider for rail freight and intermodal transport, has attracted new investors to expand its business activities. The Purchase & Tender Management platform was the first solution on the market in 2020 and is a marketplace for conventional rail freight transport.

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How Intermodal Transportation Companies Reduce Carbon Footprint

CLX Logistics

JULY 13, 2022

One of the leading ways logistics professionals provide fast and dependable service while saving money and significantly reducing their overall carbon footprint compared to standard over-the-road shipments is intermodal transportation. What is Intermodal Transportation?

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Choosing Your Freight Shipping Method: Air, Land, or Sea

Ship Monk

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The pallets are then loaded onto trucks or planes for shipment, or stowed in large shipping containers, which are transported by ship, train, or truck. Freight is the actual bulk goods that are being transported. Ocean freight is, however, the slowest method of transport and must enter the country through a major port.

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Transloading Vs. Intermodal in Logistics & Supply Chains

CLX Logistics

MARCH 14, 2022

The main goal of transloading is always to achieve the most cost-effective and timely transportation solutions possible. What is Intermodal Transportation? Intermodal transportation uses two or more modes or carriers to transport freight from shipper to consignee.

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CSX Gives $91M Commitment to Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel Project

247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The meeting came almost a year after Foote met with the Maryland delegation to review why the project had been abandoned by the former CEO. The Howard Street Tunnel is on the National Register of Historic Places, but in modern day usefulness, it’s considered the choke point on the I-95 of CSX Transportation.

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Union Pacific rolls out ‘Unified Plan 2020’ to lower OR, improve network efficiency

247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Some of the “key principles” of Unified Plan 2020 cited by UP include: shifting the focus of operations from moving trains to moving cars; minimizing car dwell, car classification events, and locomotive power requirements; utilizing general-purpose trains by blending existing train services; and.

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Freight Rail Safety: What to Know in the Wake of the Ohio Rail Derailment

MTS Logistics

MARCH 8, 2023

With the rise of global commerce, the need for safe, efficient freight rail transportation has never been greater. Last month’s freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio has made freight railroads and their safety into a household topic. Another important technology is Positive Train Control (PTC).

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Alaska: North To The Future

247 Customs Broker

APRIL 23, 2018

“Our solutions combine speed, mode, technology, and people to add value to the supply chain while meeting business objectives,” Anderson says. ” Span Alaska Transportation and its subsidiaries ship more than 325 million pounds of freight annually to Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. True Intermodal Transportation.

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Fighting for space

Automotive Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

In June, it started a new intermodal train connection with Bologna, in Italy, working with Bologna Interporto and C. The train has a capacity of 34 ITUs (intermodal transport units) and once in Zeebrugge, cargo units can be loaded onto various short-sea services to the UK and Scandinavia. Switch around in Spain.

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What US truck shippers need to watch in 2019 and Beyond

ShipLilly

APRIL 5, 2019

Most meet in the middle and predict that for the remainder of the year, and well into 2020, those rates will go up between 3-5%. New supply has made its way into the shipping system and is starting to help all parties meet demand. Carriers are ordering new trucks simply to meet the demand of shippers.

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Transportation’s Tricky Balancing Act

247 Customs Broker

JUNE 6, 2018

This means businesses must plan in advance for a certain scale of operation and, once achieved, they have to live with the consequences until, in the long run, the plan can be revised to meet new market realities. Indeed, cruises and train tours are themselves an act of consumption. Inside and outside.

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BNSF and CN serve up rebuttals to the STB over service concerns

247 Customs Broker

MARCH 29, 2018

We will meet the needs of an expanding North American economy and the growing supply chain service demands of our customers.”. Our record investments in capacity and maintenance over the past several years have positioned us well to meet our customers’ expectations.

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