BNSF, J.B. Hunt Transport Services and Grupo Mexico’s Ferromex (GMXT) are launching an intermodal service that they say will slash a day off transit time between Monterrey in Mexico and Chicago and offer opportunities for customers to grow into expanding markets in Mexico.
The service will begin Jan. 1, 2024. Service will be offered between the Monterrey, Silao-Bajio and Pantaco-Mexico City regions and Chicago and the U.S. Midwest via the border gateway at Eagle Pass, Texas. The Dallas-Fort...
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) announced Monday that it has accomplished...
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The COVID-19 pandemic created a business environment where many in the logistics industry now work remotely, but truck drivers are still needed outside the home.
This shift sparked the leadership at J.B. Hunt to include a flexible work schedule for drivers, allowing them a fair and enjoyable work-life balance.
According to Craig Harper, chief sustainability officer and executive vice president of J.B. Hunt, the fourth-largest trucking company in the U.S. attributes its success to focusing on...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driving-job-of-tomorrow-with-jb-hunt-taking-the-hire-road
Western U.S. Class I rail carrier BNSF and the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) are working together to develop a rail hub at the Port of Tacoma that will be known as Tacoma South.
The rail hub will serve the greater Seattle region’s domestic intermodal needs and “unlock capacity” through accommodating more than 50,000 annual container lifts, according to a news release.
“Our collaboration with the NWSA will help support greater warehousing and distribution needs in the fast-growing greater...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bnsf-northwest-seaport-alliance-partner-on-port-of-tacoma-rail-hub
The Surface Transportation Board has been receiving testimony on the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern — and it’s been an earful.
Shareholders of CP (NYSE: CP) and KCS approved the $31 billion deal in December and the merger is now before STB for review. CP has said it hopes for STB approval by early 2023.
Below is just a smattering of excerpts from recent testimony provided to the board:
BNSF: Ensure access to Laredo Gateway and address potential traffic jams in...https://www.freightwaves.com/news/surface-transportation-board-receives-earful-on-cp-kcs-merger
Dooner and The Dude are back for the second special episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. They host a slate of guests from every corner of the logistics industry and get some good insights from top to bottom.
First they welcome Melissa Forman, chief strategy officer at TriumphPay, to talk about how integrated payments are growing in scale and popularity. She discusses the upcoming acquisition of HubTran and how the loop payment system will impact the industry.
Next up is...
Intermodal services need to be the top priority if the transportation industry is to reduce its carbon footprint while maintaining efficient and productive operations, the chief sustainability officer at J.B. Hunt Transportation Services Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT) said Thursday.
Keynoting FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit, Craig Harper, who is also an executive vice president of the Lowell, Arkansas-based transportation and logistics giant, said that all shipping stakeholders need to evaluate every...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nzcs-keynote-transport-must-double-down-on-intermodal-use
We covered in detail at the end of last year the unimpressive lack of growth in income streams for two different, albeit sizeable, 3PLs in the US – illustrious CH Robinson and Expeditors.
After such a robust 2020 for them as well as all things logistics, actually, after a few bumps on the road in Q2 ’20; with the most prominent players we’ve so far been left with a bittersweet taste …
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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Werner executives said that weather will lead to lower Q1 earnings. Plus, J.B. Hunt and Google are teaming up for product development, and Walmart will invest billions to expand e-commerce.
Weather to take bite out of Werner’s earningsAppearing at an investor conference, Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) executives said the negative impacts from recent winter storms would result in a 3- to 4-cent...