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Large investments were made in intermodal freight projects. An example was the US$740 million Port of Oakland intermodal rail facility begun in the late 1980s. [2] [3] Since 1984, a mechanism for intermodal shipping known as double-stack rail transport has become increasingly common. Rising to the rate of nearly 70% of the United States ...
They ensure a unique code-number for every shipping container in the world. They started with the European 'Pa-container' system, and they must still be registered with BIC. The Customs Convention on Containers (CCC-1972) in a recent amendment, enforced since 2008, also makes reference to the ISO 6346 standard, and code registration with BIC ...
The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association developed the SCAC code in the 1960s to help road transport companies computerize data and records. [1]
Since the law was passed, the number of new firms has increased dramatically, especially low-cost, non-union carriers. By 1990, the number of licensed carriers exceeded 40,000, more than twice as in 1980. Combined with the Staggers Act (1980), intermodal freight transport surged, expanding 70 percent between 1981 and 1986. [citation needed]
A number of proposals have been put forward to increase the share of rail freight movement within the City and Long Island: Construction of an intermodal rail-to-truck yard at a 100-acre (40 ha) site in the West Maspeth section of Queens. The location is near the intersection of Interstate 278 and Interstate 495. The project has received ...
Freight-train formations. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3447-1. Ratcliffe, David (2012b). Freight-train formations in colour for the modeller and historian. Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3447-1. Ratcliffe, David (2019a). The changing face of railfreight; fifty years of freight transition. Horncastle: Mortons Media.
The SEC order said that in 2019 UPS determined that its freight division was likely to sell for no more than about $650 million. UPS will pay $45 million to settle charges that it improperly ...
CDLZ - Cardinal Freight Carriers; CDNU - Carotrans International; CDPX - Chevron USA, Inc. CDTX - California Department of Transportation (Amtrak California) CDVX - Caddo Valley Railcar Repair, Inc. CEBX - Combustion Engineering, Inc. CEDR - Cedar River Railroad; CEFX - CIT Group/Capital Finance, Inc.