DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Transplace, a leading provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, today announced that Celtic International has expanded its cross-border and intra-Mexico intermodal capabilities. The expansion provides Transplace and Celtic with a more comprehensive U.S.-Mexico service offering, and will allow their customers to better utilize intermodal services in and…

A new competitor to refrigerated trucking officially launched Monday with the start of TransCold Express, a hub-to-hub refrigerated boxcar service, running in both directions between Wilmington, Ill., and Selma, Calif. Operated by multi-mode third-party logistics provider McKay TransCold, it is reportedly the first refrigerated boxcar unit train connecting the Midwest…

Both carload and intermodal volumes headed up on an annual basis in April, according to data released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) this week. AAR officials said that excluding coal and grain April carloads were up 4.1 percent or 31,616 carloads, which marks the largest percentage gain in…