FreightWaves Classics: Evans Delivery has grown from its first two trucks

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Overview 

Evans Delivery Co. was founded by Albert L. Evans, Sr. in 1939. His company began with two trucks handling less-than-truckload (LTL) freight in and around Pottsville, Pennsylvania, which is now about two hours northwest of Philadelphia. 

The company continued to grow in the regional LTL market and gradually expanded its operational area throughout Pennsylvania, as well as into New Jersey, New York and Maryland. In 1973, Evans Delivery began intermodal services to serve the steamship...

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Cash splash on new Melbourne intermodal freight terminal

Photo: a cash splash is underway! Photo: 3D Animation Production Company from Pixabay.

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has found a spare few billion dollars or so tucked down the back of the National Accounts for priority projects, two billion of which is earmarked for a new freight terminal in the north west of Melbourne. The budget papers specifically state:

“…Up to $2.0 billion for the Melbourne Intermodal Terminal, with specific funding arrangements, including an option for equity...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/cash-splash-on-new-melbourne-intermodal-freight-terminal/

How intermodal is faring — Freightonomics

With every aspect of the freight market remaining tight, Zach Strickland and Anthony Smith look at the intermodal sector with FreightWaves expert Mike Baudendistel.

Baudendistel talks about how COVID has jump-started the intermodal sector into growth it hadn’t seen before the pandemic. He said the connection between rail and maritime shipping has been highlighted with the delays on the West Coast and resulting delays in overland shipping. 

Smith, Strickland and Baudendistel discuss the container...

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