Baker Commodities, Inc., Vernon, Calif., and Lineage Logistics, Colton, Calif., broke ground on what is said to be the largest-of-its-kind cold storage facility.
Norfolk Southern, Norfolk, Va., and GoRail, a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to educating the public about the benefits of moving more freight by rail, unveiled a one-of-a-kind GoRail locomotive to commemorate GoRail’s 10th anniversary.
Federated Railways, Inc., a Farmington Hills, Mich., affiliate of Federated Capital Corp., entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Rail Logistics, LLC, including its "Cold Train" express intermodal service.
Executive chairman John Cahill for Kraft Foods will transition to non-executive chairman of the board of directors, effective March 8. Meanwhile, Flowers Foods named Tonja Taylor as senior vice president of human resources, taking over for Donald Thriffiley, Jr., who after 36 years with Flowers Foods, is retiring, effective March 29.
Chicago-based INland Logistics Port at Kingsbury announced plans to build a refrigerated warehouse that would hold fresh produce and other perishable food brought in and out of the intermodal facility by trains running to and from Kingsbury, Ind., and Tampa, Fla.
CenterPoint Properties, Oak Brook, Ill., announced a 300,000-square-foot speculative building on 21.3 acres within the premier transportation and logistics development at CenterPoint Intermodal Center – Kansas City.
David Bankson will assume the role of chief executive officer of Label Technology, Inc., succeeding his father John Bankson, who will remain as chairman of the company’s board of directors.
Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk, Va., participated in the location of 67 new industries and the expansion of 25 existing industries along its rail lines in 2013.