High fuel prices and rising truck rates are leading shippers to opt for slower, cheaper intermodal transit.

Shippers Turn Back to Railroad as Trucking Costs Rise ...

Having worked in freight markets for almost four decades, Rick LaGore, CEO of InTek Logistics, has observed multiple cycles of volatility in the industry. Yet he characterizes the current environment ...

U.S. railroads notched up freight traffic in the latest week, as total volumes more than doubled growth year-to-date. The ...

WASHINGTON — Continued strength in intermodal traffic led to another week of significant gains in U.S. rail volume during the week ending June 13. According to the Association of American Railroads, ...

ITS Logistics, an Echo Global Logistics company, today released its June forecast in the ITS Logistics U.S. Port/Rail Ramp ...

Though freight rail’s early intermodal growth focused on the global supply chain, today American businesses are also reaping the benefits of domestic intermodal rail service. Last year alone, American ...

Intermodal shipping is surging across North America. But far from the ports, the inland yards holding it together are straining in ways most shippers never see. On paper, this is a golden moment for ...

The domestic intermodal industry has long been plagued by an inability to accurately track and report, in a timely manner, the status of a container in transit. Historically, that’s put intermodal at ...

In an effort to control transportation prices, shippers with more flexibility in their supply chains are transitioning ...