Intermodal In The News

November, 2025 21

Journal of Commerce

UP enhances intermodal between LA and Cincinnati

Union Pacific Railroad has made changes to how it will route domestic containers from Los Angeles to Cincinnati, moving the originating terminal closer to warehousing clusters in Southern California and offering additional trains. Effective Nov. 20, domestic containers destined for Cincinnati must originate at UP’

October, 2025 20

American Journal of Transportation

CN and Congebec expand cold chain logistics across North America

CN and Congebec announced that they are coming together to collaborate on a state-of-the-art cold storage facility at CN’s Calgary Logistics Park in Alberta. Strategically located within CN’s integrated logistics hub, the facility will be designed to be in better proximity, accelerating the conversion of temperatur

October, 2025 16

Journal of Commerce

US truckload pricing inches higher as trucking’s peak beckons

Freight imbalances and changes in capacity in certain lanes are tightening US truckload capacity, but not by much. Lower import volumes and a crackdown on illegal drivers have combined with seasonal peak demand to push spot pricing higher in some lanes, but most measures of dry-van truckload spot pricing have changed l

September, 2025 25

Transport Topics

Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Heavy-Duty Trucks

President Donald Trump announced that his administration will soon impose a 25% tariff on heavy-duty trucks manufactured outside of the United States. “In order to protect our Great Heavy Truck Manufacturers from unfair outside competition, I will be imposing, as of October 1st, 2025, a 25% Tariff on all “Heavy

September, 2025 24

Logistics Management

IANA reports August intermodal volumes see annual gains

August intermodal volumes rose annually, albeit at a reduced rate compared to July, according to data provided to LM by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). Total August volume, at 1,610,997 units, increased 1.6% annually, below the 4.4% annual gain seen in July, which saw higher volumes due to the pu

September, 2025 23

Railway Age

MSU Takes Top Spot at IANA Case Competition

The students representing the university were Elijah Davis, Emma Lovely-Gonzalez, Sophie Perrigin and Bradley Sills. This year’s case, “A Port of Clearview,” addressed the real-world challenge of congestion at a hypothetical port, asking them to develop solutions for mitigating gate congestion while balancing ope