J.B. Hunt will provide program participants with data showing the amount of carbon offsets needed to achieve a carbon neutral shipment and obtain carbon credits supporting the project selected by the customer.
Divesting its intermodal business is the latest move in XPO's efforts to streamline its business after several years of rapid-fire acquisitions.
J.B. Hunt will grow its intermodal fleet by 40% in the next three to five years, and BNSF plans to increase capability at multiple intermodal facilities.
Beginning in 2023, Schneider said, it will have the largest company-driver dray fleet of any intermodal carrier hauling freight on Union Pacific.
Averitt Express is pitching its cross-docking services to help shippers deal with ongoing congestion issues at many of the nation’s sea ports.
While the new bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by Congress will result in long-term improvements at the nation’s ports, where backlogs of intermodal containers have been a focus of the supply-chain problems that have plagued the country and the globe, near-term efforts from the federal government are still continuing.
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the California State Transportation Agency have partnered to help facilitate and finance infrastructure improvements, including truck-related projects.
In an aim to expedite the movement of cargo, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will assess a surcharge to ocean carriers for import containers that dwell on marine terminals.
What can be done about the supply-chain crisis and the backlogs at West Coast ports? As California’s governor follows President Biden’s example in taking action to try to address the issue, no one can agree on how to fix it.
The White House plan to open up the gates at the Ports of Long Angeles and Long Beach 24/7 doesn't address many of the core issues clogging up the supply chain, say trucking groups.
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