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The Port of Charleston wants to put freight that comes in on the water, well, back on the water with a container-on-barge service, which is expected to be online as early as 2022. The project, which could cost up to $100 million, would only take about one in five containers now being (more…)

On January 1, 2019, the Intermodal Association of North America installed its 2019 Board of Directors and Officers, including two new members. Kevin Lhotak was elected Chairman of the Board.
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It takes time to reinvent the wheels that move boxloads of imported goods that stock the shelves of retailers like Walmart and Target. If it weren’t for wheeled intermodal chassis, those shipping containers couldn’t move from rail yards to distribution centers, which makes them (more…)

IMC Chairman, Mark H. George was featured in the 2019 Journal of Commerce Executive Commentary, Taking the Helm. (more…)

Located in the city’s first library branch – the former Cossitt Library on Highland Street – the first phase of the University of Memphis’ research park blends the historic with the innovative. The boardroom table belonged to former university president […]

More money for infrastructure, additional assets, and higher freight rates won’t solve the freight bottlenecks plaguing US ocean shipping and distribution; only a focus on the freight-handling inefficiencies that case these problems will.
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The efficacy of inland ports is supported by the number being opened by deep-water ports. Driven by the need to optimize terminal efficiency, seaports are eager to mitigate the threat of on-port congestion by transferring boxes as quickly as possible […]

DT Research, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of purpose-built computing solutions for vertical markets, today announced that IMC Companies, a nationwide leader in intermodal logistics and the largest marine drayage provider in the U.S., relies on DT301T rugged tablets […]

It’s hard to say who’s happier to see light at the end of the tunnel for the Lamar corridor’s infamous gridlock. Is it owners and operators of trucks that clog the commercial artery and feeder streets, burning fuel, polluting air, […]