Gary Burrows
CSX Corp. and BNSF said Aug. 22 they are introducing several direct, coast-to-coast intermodal services, following Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announcement July 29 to create a transcontinental railroad.
Jacksonville, Florida based CSX and BNSF, based in Fort Worth, Texas, said their partnership will deliver “flexibility, efficiency and value for their customers.
New services will include:
• Coast-to-coast direct intermodal services between Southern California and Charlotte, North Carolina, and Jacksonville, Florida.
• Service between ...
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YMX Logistics, a provider of integrated yard logistics, has appointed Chris Herrman as chief financial officer, with more than 25 years of executive financial leadership in transportation and energy.
Herrman will oversee accounting budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting for YMX Logistics, whose services include gate management, spotting and shuttling services, trailer ...
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U.S. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. (GLS), an operating administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has awarded Port Milwaukee the Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for the 16th time.
The award recognizes ports in the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence Seaway whose activities increased international tonnage.
Port ...
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Long Beach Harbor Commission Vice President Frank Colonna was elected president of the five-person board that oversees the Port of Long Beach.
The board also selected Steven Neal as vice president and Sharon L. Weissman as secretary. Commissioners on every July select a president and two board members to serve one-year ...
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Descartes’ August Global Shipping Report reported that July imports, at 2.62 million twenty-foot equivalent units, surged 18 percent over June and 2.6 percent higher year-over-year
The import total, according to Descartes Datamyne, its global trade intelligence platform, was just 555 TEUs from the monthly record.
Imports from China surged 44.4 percent month-over-month ...
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C.H. Robinson said it has relaunched its Freight Market Update as the C.H Robinson Edge Report, aimed at giving companies and decision-makers an edge in a fast-changing world economy where supply chains can make or break business success.
The Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based company called the monthly Freight Market Update “an indispensable ...
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Drewry's World Container Index, or WCI, decreased 4 percent to US$2,250 per 40-foot container the week of Aug. 31. It was the 10th consecutive weekly decline and continued to stabilize after a volatile period.
The unpredictability began, Drewry said, after U.S. tariffs were announced in April, which caused rates to surge ...
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Thyssenkrupp Nucera said its U.S. projects unit is abandoning those projected seen as no longer feasible due to tax and spending changes initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump. Global demand for green hydrogen had stalled amid concern among clean-tech players over what Trump's policies would mean for the industry.
But Thyssenkrupp ...
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Blue Water, in its efforts to reduce the company's CO2 emissions, has introduced HVO, or hydrotreated vegetable oil diesel, as fuel for port activities in Esbjerg, Aarus and Lindø, Denmark.
The shipping line said its switch to HVO diesel will reduce emissions by up to 90 percent compared to traditional diesel. ...
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Descartes Systems Group, a provider of on-demand, software-as-a-service logistics solutions, said Brazil’s Grupo Petrópolis is using its routing and fleet management solution to enhance its nationwide beverage distribution operations using about 2,900 vehicles.
The Descartes solution helped beermaker Grupo Petrópolis achieve a 98 percent on-time delivery rate while reducing overtime hours ...
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