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Trucker Tools launches Smart Capacity freight matching platform - Commercial Carrier Journal

Trucker Tools launches Smart Capacity freight matching platform
Commercial Carrier Journal
The Preston, Md.-based company manages truckload and less-than-truckload shipments of refrigerated and dry freight as well as flatbed shipping and intermodal transport. “Smart Capacity is going to give us visibility to more capacity and help make our ...

Landstar: Once In A Cycle Opportunity - Landstar System, Inc ... - Seeking Alpha

Seeking Alpha

Landstar: Once In A Cycle Opportunity - Landstar System, Inc ...
Seeking Alpha
Landstar System's unique economic moats support an ROIC double the industry's average and benefit from enhanced network effects. Unique revenue ...

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Shippers losing out from reluctance to share data - JOC.com

Shippers losing out from reluctance to share data
JOC.com
LONG BEACH — The potential to use reasonably-priced technology to cut transportation costs is often squandered because of reluctance among beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), terminal operators, container lines and truckers to share information.

Celadon Sells Assets of Flatbed Division to PS Logistics - Transport Topics Online

Transport Topics Online

Celadon Sells Assets of Flatbed Division to PS Logistics
Transport Topics Online
33 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of largest for-hire carriers in North America with total revenue of $1.05 billion in 2016. Celadon ... Other freight sectors in which Celadon has business are less-than-truckload, refrigerated and intermodal/drayage.

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Illinois County Freight Plan Balances Growth, Livability, Officials Say - Transport Topics Online

Illinois County Freight Plan Balances Growth, Livability, Officials Say
Transport Topics Online
... 57% of all private sector jobs in Will County are freight dependent, and that is expected to grow by 33%, a figure planners said was “low” and does not include projects now being talked about, such as the Compass Business Park in Elwood/Manhattan ...

Analysis: US intermodal 'golden age' far from certain - JOC.com

JOC.com

Analysis: US intermodal 'golden age' far from certain
JOC.com
The international market, driven by Asian outsourcing and double-stack transportation, was the growth engine for intermodal (and the majority market segment) from 1980 through 2006. For the past decade, international and domestic volumes have been ...

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A multifaceted approach to improve Italy's railways - Global Railway Review

Global Railway Review

A multifaceted approach to improve Italy's railways
Global Railway Review
Urban mobility is currently undergoing somewhat of a paradigm shift. What once was the exclusive domain of private cars, now offers a myriad of intermodal transportation solutions, demonstrating a marked shift in the way individuals traverse towns and ...

Vietnam signs up to ratify international TIR haulage convention - The Loadstar

The Loadstar

Vietnam signs up to ratify international TIR haulage convention
The Loadstar
He said the benefits to shippers would include more options for their supply chains, better customs guarantees and transparency, optimised intermodal transport and reduced transit times and costs. In a separate development, Sudan has also moved towards ...

Borough eyes site for transportation hub - My Citizens News

My Citizens News

Borough eyes site for transportation hub
My Citizens News
According to the Intermodal Association of North America, intermodal transportation began in America in the 1950s. The association estimates that 95 percent of the world's manufactured goods, at some point, travel intermodally before arriving in the ...

Waterways investment — and red-tape relief — means more jobs, commerce, national security - Washington Times

Washington Times

Waterways investment — and red-tape relief — means more jobs, commerce, national security
Washington Times
When Americans hear the word “infrastructure,” our vast intermodal transportation system likely comes to mind, with roads, airports and rails a common part of many people's daily experience. But, there is another vital component of our nation's ...

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