rail intermodal

Using real-time data to navigate today’s volatile tariff landscape

The Trump administration’s tariffs – and our trading partners’ various responses to them – have sent shockwaves through global supply chains, driving volatility and spreading uncertainty for freight market participants. As tariffs reshape trade flows and impact everything from trucking capacity to ocean freight rates, supply chain professionals are grappling with a rapidly changing landscape that demands agility and data-driven decision making.

“The speed and unpredictability of recent tariff...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/using-real-time-data-to-navigate-todays-volatile-tariff-landscape

Pepsi/Carrefour divide the latest among retail/CPG disputes

Retail, CPG pricing disagreement boils over in Europe

Depending on whom you believe, either European grocer Carrefour stopped selling Pepsi products in certain locations, or Pepsi pulled out and decided to stop selling at the grocer. Whatever the specifics, the parties couldn’t agree on the value of potato chips, and it’s clear that retailers and CPG companies have become even more at odds than usual as commodity prices have fluctuated. Even if the Carrefour impasse persists, it isn’t going to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pepsi-carrefour-divide-the-latest-among-retail-cpg-disputes

Improving rail service key to growing intermodal volumes: Consultant

Intermodal rail in 2024 is likely to still face pressure from the trucking market; however, market conditions for the overall freight transportation market also appear to be returning to pre-pandemic patterns, and so providing good rail service will be key in enabling intermodal rail to compete, according to Matt Muenster, chief economist for Breakthrough, a transportation management technology provider.

“Railways will likely experience headwinds in growing intermodal shipping in 2024,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/improving-rail-service-key-to-growing-intermodal-volumes-consultant

Can intermodal rail increase its market share by 25% by 2030? 

Despite U.S. intermodal containers traffic trending lower on a cumulative basis in 2023, intermodal rail is still a viable way to not only compete against the trucking market but also to support the long-term growth of the North American freight rail industry — provided that the industry and its stakeholders be willing to take some risks to ensure the success of rail, according to a report from consulting firm Supply Chain Ecology and commissioned by environmental group Environmental Defense...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-intermodal-rail-increase-its-market-share-by-25-by-2030

Union Pacific to operate international intermodal terminal in Phoenix

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Union Pacific is beefing up its intermodal offerings through two new options: an international...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/union-pacific-to-operate-international-intermodal-terminal-in-phoenix

JB Hunt, BNSF and GMXT to launch Mexico-to-Midwest intermodal service

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jb-hunt-bnsf-and-gmxt-to-launch-mexico-to-midwest-intermodal-service

Canada invests CA$150M for new container terminal in Montreal

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The Canadian government is investing CA$150 million (US$110 million) to develop a new container...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canada-invests-ca150m-for-new-container-terminal-in-montreal

UP to offer intermodal service linking Mexico, US Southeast

Add Union Pacific to the list of Class I railroads seeking a better link for customers between the U.S. Southeast and Mexico.

The western U.S. Class I railroad announced this week that it will be offering intermodal service that originates on Mexican rail carrier Grupo México from both Monterrey in Nuevo Leon and Silao in Guanajuato to cities in the southeastern U.S.

The intermodal service is targeted for domestic freight within North America that doesn’t come from the ports, UP told...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/up-to-offer-intermodal-service-linking-mexico-us-southeast

Rail intermodal volumes stabilize in September

September was the highest month in 2023 for U.S. intermodal traffic, finding support in the peak season, according to the Association of American Railroads.

U.S. freight railroads originated 1 million containers and trailers in September, a 0.7% increase from September 2022. Year-over-year (y/y) comparisons so far this year have had intermodal volumes trailing year-ago levels.

“Intermodal had the best volume month of the year in September, showing, after three years, that ‘peak season’ still...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rail-intermodal-volumes-stabilize-in-september

Norfolk Southern and Florida East Coast Railway expand intermodal offerings

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Norfolk Southern and Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) are expanding their domestic intermodal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/norfolk-southern-and-florida-east-coast-railway-expand-intermodal-offerings

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