Indiana

Ryder opens Indiana distribution center for printing giant Lexmark

Ryder has opened a 1 million-square-foot distribution center for printer and imaging technology manufacturer Lexmark International in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

The facility streamlines Lexmark’s cross-border supply chain, while also speeding up shipping times and adding cost savings to deliveries, according to a news release.

“Lexmark’s business is time critical, so equipment handling and transit time is a primary concern, as is keeping costs competitive,” Norm Brouillette, senior vice president...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ryder-opens-indiana-distribution-center-for-printing-giant-lexmark

Ohio River channel maintenance begins near Evansville, Indiana

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District has begun annual channel maintenance dredging on the Ohio River, which will likely include maintenance dredging ..

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Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | March 9 – Deliveries to Australia and Trinidad, ammonia-fuelled concept and more

New tugs have been delivered to operators in Trinidad and Tobago and Western Australia. An American barge handling company places an order for a new pusher tug while cons ..

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NS COO to step down, Indiana Rail Road names new officer

Two Monday announcements address leadership changes in the freight rail industry:

Norfolk Southern COO to step down; successor starts Jan. 1
Paul Duncan will succeed Cindy Sanborn. (Photo: NS)

Cindy Sanborn, a 35-year veteran of the railroad industry, is leaving her post as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Norfolk Southern at the end of the year.

Paul Duncan, currently serves NS’ senior vice president of transportation and network operations, will succeed Sanborn effective...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ns-coo-to-step-down-indiana-rail-road-names-new-officer

VESSEL REVIEW | Aluminium response craft for Indiana’s Jeffersonville Police

Metal Shark Boats of Louisiana has delivered a new response boat to the Jeffersonville Police Department of southern Indiana. The welded-aluminium centre console boat mea ..

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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: Michigan Road helped settle Indiana

One of the historical markers along the Michigan Road. (Photo: historicindianapolis.com)

Despite its name, the Michigan Road was not the primary route over which pioneer settlers reached the Michigan Territory. The Michigan Road’s name came from Lake Michigan, and it was the primary north-and-south route that settlers used to reach Indiana, which had become a state in 1816. 

The Michigan Road provided the shortest practical route between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes during the pioneer period (when waterways were the principal means of travel). It connected Madison, Indiana,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-michigan-road-helped-settle-indiana

Indiana Rail Road kicks off 3-year intermodal expansion project

A photograph of a train rolling through a grassy field.

Short line Indiana Rail Road (INRD) is planning a multiyear expansion of intermodal facilities for customers that want service to and from the Indianapolis market and Canadian and U.S. West Coast ports.

INRD has kicked off the first phase of its expansion project, which will span three years and will have an anticipated completion date in 2023, the company said Monday.

The first phase, which included the acquisition of 12 acres of land adjacent to INRD’s container yard, will more than double the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/indiana-rail-road-kicks-off-3-year-intermodal-expansion-project

Feds award $275 million to ease truck congestion

Highway expansion projects aimed at improving the flow of truck freight in seven parts of the country will collect roughly $275 million from federal coffers in the latest round of discretionary grants awards.

The projects account for approximately 30% of the $905 million awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) 2021 Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grants, which were also awarded to port and rail projects.

“These timely investments in our infrastructure will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/feds-award-275-million-to-ease-truck-congestion

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