U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 2.6% in the week ended Nov. 15 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.
November 21, 2014Logistics 100 | Freight Brokerage | Dry Storage Warehousing | Refrigerated Warehousing | Dedicated | Ocean Freight | Airfreight
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Intermodal Traffic Rises 2.6% for Week
LiveOnWeb Replay: The 2014 Top 50 Logistics Companies
Watch a replay of our Nov. 19 installment of LiveOnWeb that focused on Transport Topics' release of the 2014 Top 50 Logistics Companies. Our TT panel was joined by Bob Farrell, Executive Director of the Automobile Carriers Conference. The panel conducted an overview of the list, analyzed capacity and congestion concerns and discussed automobile manufacturing and delivery challenges.
November 20, 2014Logistics Spending on an Upward Trend
Spending on logistics services is expected to accelerate in 2014 as the economy in the United States continues to expand and more companies outsource transportation management to third-party logistics companies.
November 19, 2014Change at the Top, New Firms on List Shape Annual Survey
The 2014 edition of Transport Topics’ Top 50 Logistics Companies list produced a few surprises, some fast movers and some new names.
November 19, 2014The List: Transport Topics' 2014 Top 50 Logistics Companies
Here are the 2014 Transport Topics Top 50 Logistics Companies list, unveiled in list form.
November 19, 2014Transport Topics Top 25 Listings: Brokerage Firms, Warehousing Firms, Dedicated Contract Carriers and Freight Forwarders
Here is the list of Transport Topics Top 25 Freight Brokerage Firms, Warehousing Firms and Dedicated Contract Carriers for 2014.
November 19, 2014Norfolk Southern to Acquire Stretch of Northeast Rail from CP for $217 Million
Norfolk Southern said it plans to acquire a stretch of the Delaware & Hudson rail lines from Canadian Pacific for $217 million.
November 19, 2014New Technology Will Transform Trucking, Jacobs Says
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Bradley Jacobs, CEO of XPO Logistics, has a vision that many of trucking’s 2014 challenges will be removed by technological breakthroughs such as driverless trucks and drone deliveries combined with advanced analytics.
Shippers Push Logistics Firms to Help Offset Transport Costs
A tightening market for truck capacity and longer transit times for rail shipments are putting pressure on logistics companies to help shippers manage the movement of goods and to offset the rising cost of transportation.
November 17, 2014Domestic Intermodal Cargo Reaches Milestone, Surpasses International Shipments in 3rd Quarter
Fast-growing domestic intermodal reached a milestone in the third quarter by exceeding international intermodal cargo for the first time on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Intermodal Association of North America reported last week.
November 17, 2014