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Rail issues a priority for White House task force: port envoy
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The new White House port envoy says because private sector transportation providers and cargo interests operate independently, the US supply chain is fragmented and a bottleneck that surfaces in one sector spreads quickly to others.
Intermodal providers
LA-LB shipper frustration with IPI raises profile of UP-Valor partnership
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Logistics provider Valor Victoria is looking to reduce port congestion in Los Angeles-Long Beach by purchasing slots on Union Pacific trains and shipping containers to inland hubs such as Salt Lake City.
Intermodal providers
China’s chassis, container role ‘entrenched’ by government: FMC’s Bentzel
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
US Federal Maritime Commissioner Carl Bentzel said China’s dominance in container and chassis manufacturing is the direct result of the Communist government’s support for the sector.
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Private container fleets herald ‘new era’ for US domestic intermodal: analyst
Lawrence Gross, president and founder, Gross Transportation Consulting, and JOC analyst |
Trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC) volumes have been fading away for years and may be nearing the end game as a “tidal wave” of new private 53-foot containers enters the US domestic intermodal system, according to JOC analyst Lawrence Gross.
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JOC Intermodal Savings Index: Record contract savings in Q4
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Intermodal contracts saved shippers more money than ever in Q4, but they saved much less money on the spot market due to surcharges in California.
Intermodal providers
Outlook 2022: US Southeast ports lay groundwork for congestion mitigation
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Several Southeast ports will expand container capacity in 2022, but the question for most is when will Savannah clear all the anchored vessels outside its harbor?
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APL Logistics shifts domestic intermodal business from BNSF to UP
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Domestic intermodal shippers who want to use BNSF Railway to send cargo in 53-foot containers will have one fewer service option come Jan. 1, JOC.com has learned.
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JOC Intermodal Savings Index: Contract savings rise, spot savings dip in Q3
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
While contract intermodal customers are realizing huge savings using rail this year, spot intermodal rates are not the bargain they were earlier in 2021.
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Disruption to shift US freight demand into 2022: J.B. Hunt
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Supply chain disruption is slowing economic growth, but “postponed” demand is expected to reemerge in 2022, keeping US freight capacity tight and transportation pricing high.
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IMC seeks Pacific Northwest ramp for agricultural exports
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Tiger Cool Express is pursuing the purchase of a shuttered Union Pacific refrigerated warehouse to help develop a new cold chain intermodal hub in the Pacific Northwest.
Intermodal providers
Fall US intermodal peak more likely a plateau in 2021
Larry Gross, president and founder, Gross Transportation Consulting, and JOC analyst |
Both of the primary ingredients to the traditional US intermodal peak season — a seasonal increase in demand and an increase in the number of TEU processed — are in question in 2021.
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US inland freight networks creaking under peak season strain
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor; Ari Ashe, Senior Editor; and Cathy Morrow Roberson, JOC Analyst |
Trailers are just as important to over-the-road trucking as containers are to intermodal rail, and just as scarce.
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Seattle’s T-18 overwhelmed by rail container backlog
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
A shortage of railcars and backlog of rail containers that first surfaced in Los Angeles-Long Beach this winter have migrated up the coast to Seattle, resulting in significant congestion at the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s largest container terminal.
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Ocean carriers warn of tight supply for containers, chassis
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
An industry group is urging participants along the supply chain to quickly turn around equipment as the July 4th holiday will see severe tightness for containers and chassis.
Intermodal providers
NS, UP squeezed by 53-foot chassis pinch
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad are having trouble getting containers to shippers, in part because their supply of 53-foot chassis is very low.
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BNSF, UP battling growing congestion pressures in Chicago
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad are looking for creative solutions to increase space to store containers in their Chicago terminals amid another spike in inland intermodal volume.
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US railroads tightening free time at inland terminals
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
BNSF will adjust its free time calculations on June 7, tightening the window for shippers to pick up containers that are made available after 5:00 p.m., just two weeks after Norfolk Southern slashed its free time clock.
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JOC Research: Intermodal savings hit records, but could be short lived
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
The JOC Intermodal Savings Index hit a new record in Q1, but rising spot intermodal rates and surcharges could reduce savings in Q2.
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SC Ports to expand inland rail terminal amid growing volumes
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
The South Carolina Ports Authority will expand Inland Port Greer, using a federal grant to add more space to the container yard, the chassis yard, and build new facilities for terminal operations.
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UP transload facility in Chicago to give exporters more capacity
JOC Staff |
Union Pacific Railroad will open a transload facility adjacent to a Chicago-area container terminal to meet rising demand for containerized agricultural exports amid ocean capacity challenges.
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Memphis shippers ask STB to intervene on intermodal congestion
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
A group of Memphis shippers and truckers want the US Surface Transportation Board to instruct railroads to stop charging storage fees until a chassis shortage is resolved.
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Kansas City rail terminals overwhelmed with ocean containers
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Intermodal service in Kansas City is a “complete mess,” according to three cargo owners, with an import surge causing chassis shortages and restrictions on what containers can be picked up or dropped off at rail terminals.
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Intermodal rail savings versus trucking hit record highs
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Shippers can save more money than ever before on intermodal, if they could find equipment and draymen to move their cargo to and from rail terminals amid scarce supply of both.
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Norfolk Southern’s Chicago backlog hits East Coast rail shippers
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor and Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Container shippers using Norfolk Southern’s service for inland rail moves have been seeing major delays from US East Coast ports.
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UP adding ag shipping capacity through PNW ports
JOC Staff |
Union Pacific is co-developing the first intermodal terminal in Idaho which will connect the state’s ag shippers to the Pacific Northwest ports.
Intermodal providers
Winter storms deal another blow to US supply chains
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Texas is the epicenter of supply-chain damage caused by Winter Storm Uri, but the disruption is being felt nationwide. Mexican imports by truck may be delayed for days.
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JOC Research: Intermodal savings to tighten in Q1 2021
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Shippers may see intermodal savings evaporate in the first quarter if rail contracts rise more than 10 percent and spot truck rates continue to cool off and pressure truck contracts.
Intermodal providers
Chicago truck turn times tick up as cargo flows spike
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Truckers are taking longer to get through terminals in Chicago because of the surge in cargo and changes in stacking containers with some railroads.
Intermodal providers
Drayage
Shippers, IMCs eager for answers to solve US intermodal congestion
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Intermodal executives want to address the chronic congestion issues in 2020 with railroads and BCOs, but universally accepted solutions are hard to come by.
Intermodal providers
US intermodal volumes show signs of recovery
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Domestic intermodal volumes already elevated compared with a year ago and there are signs that international intermodal is on the upswing too.
Intermodal providers
US inland shippers increasingly prioritizing 40-foot containers
Lawrence Gross, president, Gross Transportation Consulting |
When it comes to the Inland Point Intermodal market, it’s a 40-foot world; thus far in 2020, 40-foot containers comprise just over three out of every four IPI revenue moves.
Intermodal providers
JOC Research Note: Rail the better economic bet for shippers in Q3
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Intermodal volume, rates, and savings have been on a rollercoaster this year, surging this summer to levels higher than a year ago after steep declines this spring during the height of the pandemic.
Intermodal providers
COVID-19 tempers intermodal peak season optimism
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
After wild swings in intermodal volume in the second quarter, CSX Transportation and Union Pacific Railroad are cautiously optimistic about peak season volumes, while realizing pandemic disruptions are lurking.
Intermodal providers
Intermodal shippers pushing hard on container fees
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Intermodal shippers are increasingly putting pressure on 3PLs to waive container fees as a precondition for business amid the coronavirus-linked recession.
Intermodal providers
North American intermodal volume recovery lags trucking rebound
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Intermodal is not seeing the same rebound in demand as trucking since the economic shutdown owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, and research firm FTR Associates does not believe containerized rail volume will fully recover to 2019 levels until sometime in 2021.
Intermodal providers
Domestic intermodal slides to weakest month since 2012
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Domestic intermodal volume in April suffered its worst month in eight years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with intermodal marketing companies saying May might end as poorly, if not worse.
Intermodal providers
JOC Research Note: Intermodal savings evaporate in April
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
JOC’s Spot Intermodal Savings Index hit an 14-month low in a preliminary April reading, the first snapshot of how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the math on how much money intermodal can save a shipper.
Intermodal providers
Averitt connects TEU to LTL market in Houston
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
A new international distribution center in Houston blends US trucking and containerized imports as less-than-truckload carrier Averitt reaches deeper into US consumer markets.
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Facing grim intermodal forecasts, rails focus on costs, service
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
North American intermodal volume may plunge as much as 25 percent in the second quarter, so railroads believe the right strategy is to focus on cost-cutting while providing reliable service.
Intermodal providers
North American intermodal volumes plunge to near-decade low
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Intermodal volume last week was the weakest in a nearly a decade as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has wreaked havoc on the railroads, which an industry analyst believes could cost Class I railroads $9 billion dollars.
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