Intermodal

(Source: Progressive Railroading 06/24/2020) BNSF Railway Co. earlier this month introduced a new direct intermodal service option between the Pacific Northwest and the Ohio Valley region. The new container-only service initially is being offered five days a week for eastbound and westbound freight originating and terminating at BNSF’s South Seattle Intermodal Facility. Customers who originate shipments…

(Source: Progressive Railroading 05/11/2020) Infinity Intermodal has launched a new expedited temperature-controlled intermodal service from Salt Lake City to Chicago.  The three day, door-to-door service will allow Infinity to provide refrigerated intermodal transport throughout the greater Salt Lake City market, including areas of southern Idaho, company officials announced today in a press release. With the new…

(Source: Progressive Railroading 04/13/2020) The Port of Long Beach has been awarded a $14.5 million federal grant to help fund the Terminal Island Wye Track Realignment Rail Project, which when completed will move trains in and out of the port faster, reduce locomotive idling and improve safety, port officials announced late last week. The project will “dramatically”…

(Source: Progressive Railroading 03/13/2020) The Port of Savannah received three neopanamax ship-to-shore cranes on Tuesday, bringing the port’s total to 36 — the most of any single terminal in North America, the Georgia Ports Authority announced yesterday. Designed by Konecranes of Finland, the new cranes will immediately undergo a commissioning process. The first new crane will enter…

(Source: Progressive Railroading 03/11/2020) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Maritime Administration has awarded $18.2 million in federal funding to the Port of Los Angeles and $14.5 million to the Port of Long Beach for rail-related projects. The grants were awarded through the Maritime Administration’s new Port Infrastructure Development Program, which is designed to help fund projects that improve port facilities…