If Baltimore's double-stack train capability becomes a reality, it would increase competition in container trade in several ways.

It's the latest sign of an ocean carrier strategy of trying to cut costs by pushing shippers to secure slots digitally.

The electronic logging device transition period has passed and the trucking industry has found a new normal. On the rails, intermodal volume has grown each week, year over year, except week one. What do the aforementioned mean for rates and capacity for each?

There is almost assuredly no one system that will solve inefficiencies, especially in a large port complex with a dozen independently operated terminals like Southern California, speakers at the JOC Port Performance North American Conference in Newark, New Jersey, said this week.