Gary Frantz is a contributing editor for DC Velocity and its sister publication, Supply Chain Xchange. He is a veteran communications executive with more than 30 years of experience in the ...

Aerial of Southern California ports. Shipping containers come from overseas to U.S. ports every day loaded full of imports like electronics, toys, footwear, clothes – just about anything you can buy ...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services and BNSF Railway are launching a joint effort to improve capacity in the intermodal marketplace while also meeting the expanding needs of current customers. Demand for ...

Shifting more freight from regional and long-haul trucking to intermodal rail could help reduce diesel exhaust emissions, a report by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency has found. There ...

Not a subscriber? Apply online today. Although year-to-date freight rail carload and intermodal volumes are showing some improvement, it’s important to note that last year’s figures were significantly ...

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) is ready for increasing intermodal volume through the West Coast ports after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and ...

A group of U.S. ports and terminal operators has raised concern about the pending $85 billion railroad merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, maintaining that it could degrade intermodal ...

The rocky ride that the freight rail carload and intermodal segments have experienced over the last couple of years appears to continue due to reduced demand, lower volume, inflation, and a host of ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of Jim Blaze’s review of market challenges surrounding rail intermodal. It continues the examination of issues highlighted by Gil Lamphere in an April 2022 ...