Topic: Transportation

While volumes still lag 2008 levels, weekly carload and intermodal volumes continue to surpass 2009 levels, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

Legislation focused on providing increased regulatory oversight of brokers and freight forwarders in the trucking industry was introduced this week.

Just when the picture is brightening for U.S. West Coast ports, political pressure can kill the commercial recovery, said Pacific Merchant Shipping Association President John McLaurin.

As truckload capacity continues to tighten, spot market rates continue to rise. That appears to be the consensus based on research released by Avondale Partners and TransCore.

Class I railroad carrier Canadian National Railway (CN) recently announced it has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with TSI Terminal Systems, a subsidiary of GCT Container Terminals Inc., which endeavors to enhance service levels for mutual customers and draw greater volumes of traffic over Port Metro Vancouver.

Citing a strengthening North American economy and improving supply/demand balance of freight hauling truck capacity, ACT Research recently said that a continuing rebound of orders and production of commercial vehicles is underway.

The call for increased throughput at United States retail container ports continues, according to the June edition of the Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Containerized cargo throughput figures released last week suggest that Southern California ports will remain the leading gateways for Asian imports.

APL was named the the top ranked player in the the 4th annual AgTC Ocean Carrier Performance Survey

As expected, shippers attending the annual conference of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition in San Francisco had plenty to beef about regarding ocean carrier service contracts and capacity restraints.

Even with the Memorial Day holiday included in its total volume, carload and intermodal volumes were both up for the week ending June 5, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

High-speed rail is coming to America—but not without the cooperation of five Class 1 freight railroads in North America, the nation’s top transportation official says.

Rosalyn Wilson, a transportation consultant for Delcan Corporation, provided LM with an exclusive interview on the eve of the release of The 21st Annual “State of Logistics Report,” noting that disruptions in ocean carrier deployments has had dire consequences for shippers.

While the ubiquitous social networking tool Twitter has been used by myriad shippers, carriers, and industry associations, freight transportation services provider Con-way has taken an entirely different approach in terms of gaining new business via the “Twit-a-sphere.”

Slow and somewhat uneven may be the theme when it comes to assessing railroad volumes.

Global air cargo traffic is back to pre-recession levels, declared Giovanni Bisignani,?director general and CEO?International Air Transport Association.

Citing positive package shipping trends, express delivery and logistics services provider DHL Express said it plans to hire roughly 300 employees at its principal hub and gateway at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG).

Citing increased train speeds and productivity as its main drivers, a new IT application from GE Transportation, in conjunction with Norfolk Southern, vows to increase the average network speed of trains significantly.

Now that MARAD has established a final rule on its “Marine Highway” strategy, shippers are keen to understand how the tactical implementation will begin.

Differing opinions appear to be the norm when it comes to debating how legislation focused on re-reregulating the freight railroad industry will shake out.