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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: Port of Greater Baton Rouge is a Top 10 US port

An aerial view of part of the Port of Greater Baton Rouge. (Photo: portgbr.com)

Overview

Located in Port Allen, Louisiana, the Port of Greater Baton Rouge is among the Top 10 largest ports in the United States in terms of tonnage shipped. (It ranked seventh in 2020.) It is the northernmost port on the Mississippi River capable of handling Panamax ships.

It is both a deep water (45 feet) and a shallow draft port, providing excellent accessibility to ocean trade lanes to and from Latin America, Europe and the Far East. The port also provides access to America’s heartland via...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-port-of-greater-baton-rouge-is-a-top-10-us-port

FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: P.I.E. could not adapt to deregulation

A P-I-E tractor with twin tankers. (Photo: Judo5150/flickr)

There are many people interested in former transportation companies, whether they were trucking companies, railroads, airlines or ocean lines. These companies are called “fallen flags,” and the term describes companies whose corporate names have been dissolved through merger, bankruptcy or liquidation.

Today’s FreightWaves Classics profiles another fallen flag in the trucking industry – Pacific Intermountain Express, which was known as P.I.E. and P-I-E. Unfortunately, there is not much...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsfallen-flags-pie-could-not-adapt-to-deregulation

FreightWaves Classics: Richard B. Rudy, Inc. has been “committed to quality service since 1938”

One of the vintage milk trucks of Richard B. Rudy, Inc. (Photo: Richard B. Rudy, Inc.)

Richard B. Rudy, Inc. specializes in food-grade transportation of sugars, liquid sweeteners, vinegars, other liquids and finished food-grade items. The trucking company is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, which is about 50 miles northwest of both Washington, D.C and Baltimore.

Richard B. Rudy founded the company that bears his name in 1938. At that time, Rudy began “using a single truck and stainless steel cans to provide milk transportation services to dairies for area farms in Frederick...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-richard-b-rudy-inc-has-been-committed-to-quality-service-since-1938

FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: I-30 links the DFW metroplex with Little Rock

Highway signs point the way to I-30 West, I-30 East and I-35 East. (Photo: signsmanufacturing.com)

The interstate highways ending in zero are generally the longest east-west highways in the Interstate Highway System (IHS). But Interstate 30 (I-30) is the shortest two-digit interstate with a number ending in zero in the IHS, extending only 366.76 miles. It runs through parts of Texas (223.74 miles) and Arkansas (143.02 miles). 

In addition, Interstate 30 is part of what is designated High Priority Corridor 55 (Dallas to Memphis via Little Rock).

In Texas, I-30 begins at an interchange with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-i-30-links-the-dfw-metroplex-with-little-rock

Loaded and Rolling: Capacity crunch, transportation M&A, Cass Index spending records

Capacity crunch: Competition for carriers brings rising costs, new opportunities
(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Continued freight demand and limited truckload supply are allowing trucking companies to be selective with which loads to take, causing greater competition among shippers. Customer characteristics are playing a key role in contract and spot rate negotiations with carriers reevaluating their customer mix based on their experiences hauling for customers through pandemic-related...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loaded-and-rolling-capacity-crunch-transportation-ma-cass-index-spending-records

FreightWaves Classics: Wynne Transport is a leading liquid bulk carrier

A Wynne Transport Service tractor/trailer. (Photo: Wynne Transport Service)

Wynne Transport Service Inc., is one of the nation’s largest bulk liquid and compressed gas transportation fleets in the United States. But it didn’t start that way.

Wynne Transport was founded in Omaha, Nebraska by Don Wynne in 1952. He began by hauling heating oil; in the 1960s he began transporting gasoline and anhydrous ammonia. Wynne dreamed of building his company to five trucks, but by providing top-notch customer service and hiring good employees, the company eclipsed his early growth...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-wynne-transport-is-a-leading-liquid-bulk-carrier

FreightWaves Classics: I-26 serves three southeastern states

The Sam's Gap Scenic Overlook along I-26 during peak fall foliage season. The freeway winds north toward Little and Flint Mountains in this scene. (Photo: interstate-guide.com)

This is another installment in the FreightWaves Classics series on various highways that make up the U.S. Interstate Highway System.

Interstate 26 (I-26) is located in the southeastern United States. It is a diagonal interstate highway that runs primarily northwest-southeast from the junction of U.S. Route 11W (US 11W) and US 23 in Kingsport, Tennessee, to US 17 in Charleston, South Carolina. 

To date I-26 has been extended twice from its original western end at Asheville, North Carolina, first...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-i-26-serves-three-southeastern-states

FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: August Fruehauf and his trailers changed trucking (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this article, an overview of how August Fruehauf began the Fruehauf Trailer Company was provided. In Part 2, information about the various types of trailers that Fruehauf pioneered are provided. FreightWaves Classics thanks Ruth Ann Fruehauf for her contributions, as well as the Fruehauf Trailer Historical Society for information and photographs that contributed to this article.

Different types of trailers

The following paragraphs provide information on the key types of trailers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicspioneers-august-fruehauf-and-his-trailers-changed-trucking-part-2

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