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Total intermodal volumes advanced 6.2% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2018, after posting 7.2% growth in the first quarter, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report. International intermodal volumes increased 4.8%, domestic containers 6.1%, and trailers led overall growth at 18.1%.
“Continued intermodal volume growth was driven by the domestic market during the second quarter. Higher fuel prices, tight over-the-road capacity and a ...
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The American Trucking Associations praised Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Arkansas), along with Reps. Sanford Bishop (D-Georgia) and Bruce Westerman (R-Arkansas), for introducing the Honest Operators Undertake Road Safety Act, or HOURS Act, that would provide common sense hours-of-service relief and flexibility for professional truck drivers while ...
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North America’s transforming cargo infrastructure, from the second great railway boom to strong growth in inland waterway transport, will go under the limelight at the inaugural Multimodal Americas show this fall in Toronto, Canada.
Experts from leading logistics companies from across the globe will convene at ...
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American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.7% in May after rising 2.7% in April. In May, the index equaled 113.8 (2015=100), up from 113 in April.
ATA revised the April increase from the originally reported 2.2% to 2.7%.
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American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said the driver turnover rate at large truckload carriers rose in the first quarter of 2018.
“The uptick in turnover is consistent with continued tightness in the market for drivers,” Costello said. “Anecdotally, carriers continue to struggle both ...
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WiseTech Global announced the acquisition of SaaS Transportation, a specialist US transport management solutions provider for Less Than Truckload (LTL) shipping.
SaaS Transportation provides LTL and logistics transportation management solutions to third party logistics companies and shippers with integrated quoting, booking and tracking. SaaS Transportation also ...
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On May 21, 2018, truck drivers in Brazil went on strike. The truck drivers are blocking roads and highways, which has led to closures across the country including some airports and ports. Transit and lead times for goods passing through Brazil will be affected. The ...
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A new, unified terminal operating system is driving the terminal data and control systems at Virginia International Gateway (VIG) following the recent, successful changeover from a system that was more than 10 years old.
“Our ability to efficiently coordinate all of the operations, analyze the ...
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The ATA's advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index
headed up 1.1% from March to April at 112.5 (2015=100), following a 1%
(revised from an original estimate of 1.1%) decline in March, which came
in at 110.1. Compared to April 2017, the SA index was ...
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PITT OHIO, a leader in regional and national logistics services, has been named the 2017 Regional LTL Carrier of the Year by DHL Supply Chain. PITT OHIO was one of seven carriers honored in March at the DHL Carrier Performance Award banquet in Miami, Florida. ...
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