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Regional Transportation Authority (Illinois) (2 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Intermodal transportation authorities in Illinois" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less than approximately 150 pounds (68 kg). Full truckload carriers move entire semi-trailers. Semi-trailers ...
[27] [31] making this the first worldwide application of intermodal containers. [24] After the US Department of Defense standardized an 8-by-8-foot (2.44 by 2.44 m) cross section container in multiples of 10-foot (3.05 m) lengths for military use, it was rapidly adopted for shipping purposes. [citation needed]
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 ...
In March 2022, XPO sold its North American intermodal business to Illinois-based STG Logistics for $710 million. [33] [22] In March 2023, XPO appointed J. Wes Frye, a retired industry veteran, to its board of directors. [34] In April 2023, XPO announced the hire of Dave Bates as chief operating officer of North American LTL. [35]
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply "container") is a large metal crate designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – such as from ships to trains to trucks – without unloading and reloading their cargo. [1]
Truckload shipping is freight transport in which a semi-trailer or intermodal container is filled entirely with one type of cargo. It differs from less-than-truckload shipping (LTL) in which freight from multiple customers is combined in one trailer. A truckload carrier is a trucking company that contracts entire trailer-load to a single customer.
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