Intermodal freight transport integrates two or more modes of carriage—such as road, rail, maritime and inland waterways—within a single logistical chain, aiming to exploit the comparative advantages ...

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The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) represents more than 1,000 freight stakeholders including railroads, steamship lines, motor carriers, ports, marine terminal operators and ...

In a sign of freight rail’s nimble and innovative approach, railroads are expanding intermodal terminals at or near ports around the country and installing cutting-edge technology to increase the ...

Shifting more freight from regional and long-haul trucking to intermodal rail could help reduce diesel exhaust emissions, a report by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency has found. There ...

Includes more than 8,000 trucking companies and over 48,000 drivers. Uses 715,000 chassis and 2 million containers. Makes 98 million drayage and 19 million truckload hauls of more than 500 miles ...

The Port of Los Angeles processed 957,599 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in March, the strongest March in the port’s 114-year history. Intermodal freight transportation is booming, but port ...