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18
Mar
Ready for the Next Chapter D.D. Jones turns over trucking operation to AIS
Inside Business: The Hampton Roads Business Journal March 14, 2014 After 86 years, D.D. Jones Transfer and Warehouse Co. has dropped out of the transportation industry. The initials emblazoned on the Chesapeake operation’s 31 trucks have been replaced with the […]
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11
Mar
Lowe’s Assure Chassis Availability with Dedicated Fleet
Journal of Commerce March 6, 2014 The home-improvement retailer Lowe’s is reducing its equipment costs and avoiding the chassis shortages that are plaguing cargo interests at a number of U.S. ports by leasing a dedicated fleet of chassis in its […]
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11
Mar
Intermodal shipping gains steam as faster, cheaper alternative
Omaha World-Herald March 11, 2014 In a typical year, Iowa Interstate Railroad’s intermodal terminal on the eastern edge of Council Bluffs transfers about 50,000 shipping containers from trucks to railcars, or vice versa. That’s a little more than one every […]
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11
Mar
IMC makes ‘strategic’ buy at Virginia port
Memphis Business Journal February 25, 2014 Continuing its expansion at the Norfolk port in Virginia, Memphis-based IMC Cos. today announced the acquisition of a short-distance, high-volume logistics company. IMC bought the marine drayage division of Norfolk-based D.D. Jones Transfer and […]
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11
Mar
Charleston trucking business expands presence in Virginia
Charleston Post and Courier March 3, 2014 A Charleston-based trucking business is beefing up its presence near Virginia’s biggest port terminal. Atlantic Intermodal Services has purchased the trucking division of Chesapeake, Va.-based D.D. Jones Transfer and Warehouse Co. in a […]
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03
Feb
The Long Haul
The Commercial Appeal January 27, 2013 Intermodal Cartage Co. reflects the Memphis logistics industry that has grown up on global trade. Using a national fleet of nearly 1,200 semi-trucks, Intermodal hauls ocean going containers for shippers importing and exporting cargo. […]
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13
Jan
Intermodal Cartage awarded Expeditors International 2013 Carrier of the Year
Intermodal Cartage’s Nashville office was recently awarded Expeditors International’s Carrier of the Year for 2013. Intermodal Cartage was one of the first trucking companies to have EDI implementation set up with Expeditors. The company also has an over 95% on […]
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05
Dec
Sunday Profile: Magee knows value of hard work, instills that in his kids
The Daily News November 23, 2013 Franklinton native Terrence Magee has provided for his family through his career as a truck driver with Gulf Intermodal Services. Magee joined the company, then named Intermodal Cartage, in 1999. He left for a […]
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05
Dec
National Adoption Day event showcases artwork by kids seeking permanent homes
Commercial Appeal November 23, 2013 For twelve years, Kevin and Cheree Mott tired to conceive a child, but after in vitro fertilization, fertility drugs and timing methods they decided it is time to adopt. “I can’t physically have (children) and […]
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05
Dec
Soul Priority
Commercial Appeal November 22, 2013 One of the last of the original soul men stood on a gravel road in South Memphis, dust gathering on his patent leather shoes, and looked back up a small hill. All around David Porter, […]
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