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These days, companies involved in the cold chain are the cool kids on the playground — everybody wants to be like them, and everyone wants to be their friend. Hub Group just spent $83 million on a smaller competitor, in large part because Exel had a temperature-control division and 500 refrigerated trailers. C.R. England and J.B. Hunt are diversifying by adding refrigerated containers to their fleet of reefer trailers — eyeing the possibility of intermodal service instead of cross-country driving. A few years ago, reefer movements all but disappeared from the nation’s railroads. Rail carriers scrapped aging cars...

These days, companies involved in the cold chain are the cool kids on the playground &mdash; everybody wants to be like them, and everyone wants to be their friend.

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THE Alliance diverts ships through Suez ahead of Panama Canal transit cuts

US truckload rates unlikely to see major holiday bump amid tepid peak season

Carrier CEOs issue COP28-linked statement urging action on energy transition

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Liner operators in THE Alliance will switch transits on three services as low water levels on the Panama Canal reduce the number of ships that can use the main artery for container trade between the US East Coast and Asia.  

As US port volumes remain lackluster, there is not as much freight to move on trucks, causing the market to stay relatively stagnant ahead of what typically is the busy holiday season.

The rare joint statement reiterates earlier comments by container lines that a greenhouse gas pricing mechanism is needed to make green fuel competitive with traditional bunkers during the phase when both fuels will be in use.

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THE Alliance diverts ships through Suez ahead of Panama Canal transit cuts

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