In response to a critical driver shortage, Memphis-based IMC Companies has enacted the largest pay raise in the company’s history, effective April 15.

The pay increase for drivers in the Intermodal Cartage Co. division will average more 30 percent.

2. IMC Giving Drivers Largest Pay Increase in Company’s History - Friday, April 20, 2018

In response to a critical driver shortage, Memphis-based IMC Companies has enacted the largest pay raise in the company’s history, effective April 15.

The pay increase for drivers in the Intermodal Cartage Co. division will average more 30 percent.

3. IMC Cos. Acquires H&M Terminal Transport - Saturday, January 6, 2018

IMC Cos., a Memphis-based provider of nationwide intermodal logistics, has acquired the drayage and depot operations of H&M Terminal Transport.

As part of IMC Cos., the new company will operate under the name H&M Intermodal Services and brings the number of brands under the IMC umbrella to nine.

4. IMC Cos. Acquires H&M Terminal Transport - Tuesday, January 2, 2018

IMC Cos., a Memphis-based provider of nationwide intermodal logistics, has acquired the drayage and depot operations of H&M Terminal Transport.

As part of IMC Cos., the new company will operate under the name H&M Intermodal Services and brings the number of brands under the IMC umbrella to nine.

5. Trucking Firms Prepare for Electronic Logging Device Mandate - Saturday, December 2, 2017

The trucking industry’s controversial electronic logging device mandate goes into effect Dec. 18, and local trucking companies and drivers have been preparing for most of the year. The ELD helps measure and monitor that drivers are not on the road too many hours each day, that they take mandatory breaks at the appropriate times, and that they are not driving too many hours during a consecutive seven-day period.

6. Trucking Companies Say Additional Fuel Costs Worth It for Improved Infrastructure - Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Donnie Caldwell figures that the increase in the state gas tax that will begin this summer will cost his company more than $315,000 a year.

7. Lawmakers Working to Boost Local Logistics, Transportation Sectors - Saturday, December 3, 2016

Lawmakers representing the Memphis area on both the state and federal levels are taking steps to help the area’s transportation and logistics sectors in 2017 – from a second swipe at a federal grant to redevelop Lamar Avenue to the resubmission of a state bill that would incentivize companies for reducing wait times for truck drivers.

8. Last Word: Pinch Plans, Fusion On Wheels and The Grizz Main Two - Thursday, November 24, 2016

If surface parking lots had a capitol in Memphis, it would probably be the Pinch. That’s why the general ideas and plans the city is currently exploring for the nine-blocks of the Pinch between the Pyramid and St. Jude can be a bit disorienting.

9. Gill Seeks $25 Million Permit For New MAA Headquarters - Thursday, November 24, 2016

6815 U.S. 72

Germantown, TN 38138

Permit Amount: $25 million

Future Tenant: MAA

10. IMC Cos. Launching New Brand in 2016 - Saturday, January 23, 2016

Memphis-based IMC Cos., a national intermodal logistics provider, will launch a new brand, Ohio Intermodal Services, in 2016.

The offering will provide container drayage for clients in the Ohio Valley markets. OIS will be headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, and led by Barry Bernard, who most recently held a leadership role at Intermodal Cartage Co., one of IMC’s Memphis-based brands.

11. IMC Cos. Launching New Brand in 2016 - Thursday, January 21, 2016

Memphis-based IMC Cos., a national intermodal logistics provider, will launch a new brand, Ohio Intermodal Services, in 2016.

The offering will provide container drayage for clients in the Ohio Valley markets.

12. Scott Sharpe Named CAO Of District Attorney General’s Office - Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Scott Sharpe recently was named chief administrative officer of the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office following the departure of longtime CAO Priscilla Campbell.

13. Debt of Gratitude - Thursday, September 18, 2014

Robert Wright began working as a truck driver for Intermodal Cartage Co. in March 2006, making runs to cities across the Southeast.

14. Fuchs Joins Vaco Logistics as Recruiter - Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Eddie Fuchs has joined Vaco Memphis as an executive recruiter for Vaco Logistics, where he’ll consult with distribution, transportation and manufacturing companies to help identify candidates for leadership and specialized skill positions. Fuchs, who previously worked in the business development department of Intermodal Cartage Co., was recently named to the Greater Memphis Chamber’s 2014 Young Memphians list.

15. From Despair to Belief - Saturday, July 19, 2014

A July weekday afternoon, about 2:45. It’s the perfect time for just about anyone to be nodding off in class.

But in the basement of Midtown Church of Christ, where HopeWorks Inc. is housed, class is in session and a dozen men and their teacher are having a lively discussion.

16. Carnival Memphis Celebrates Trucking Industry - Friday, May 2, 2014

Trucking industry representatives and employees packed the spacious Tennessee Ballroom at Hilton Memphis, the gleaming glass hotel in East Memphis, for Carnival Memphis’ salute to the trucking industry.

17. Dunavant Hires Nashville Terminal Manager - Saturday, February 22, 2014

Chris McMahan has joined Dunavant Transportation Group as the terminal manager of its Nashville location.

18. Dunavant Transportation Hires Nashville Manager - Thursday, February 20, 2014

Chris McMahan has joined Dunavant Transportation Group as the terminal manager of its Nashville location.

19. Henneberger Joins First State Bank Small-Business Lending Division - Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Sean Henneberger has joined First State Bank’s small-business lending division as vice president/business development officer in the Memphis market. In his new role, Henneberger will help small businesses pursue loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.

20. Events - Thursday, March 28, 2013

Sales and Marketing Society of the Mid-South will host a roundtable with Joel Henry, president of Intermodal Cartage, Thursday, March 28, at 7:30 a.m. at Cheffie’s Café, 483 High Point Terrace. Cost at the door is $20. Visit sms-midsouth.org.

21. Events - Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Kiwanis Club of Memphis will meet Wednesday, March 27, from noon to 1 p.m. at The University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Bill Gracey, CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, will speak. Cost is $18 for nonmembers.

22. Events - Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Memphis Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, March 26, at noon at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Commercial Appeal publisher George Cogswell will speak. Cost is $18. R.S.V.P. to Taylor Hughes at taylor@memphisrotary.org.

23. Events - Monday, March 25, 2013

Memphis Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, March 26, at noon at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Commercial Appeal publisher George Cogswell will speak. Cost is $18. R.S.V.P. to Taylor Hughes at taylor@memphisrotary.org.

24. New Chassis Pool Co-Op Launches in Memphis - Friday, February 15, 2013

The trucker-formed North American Chassis Pool Cooperative – the first of its kind – is launching its pilot program in Memphis this year.

The announcement follows the U.S. Surface Transportation Board recently approving the cooperative’s chassis pooling agreement, which will allow it to acquire and share chassis for intermodal freight transportation.

25. Cautious Optimism - Wednesday, May 30, 2012

A gallon of regular unleaded gas was going for $3.13 to $3.15 a gallon Sunday, May 27, at the corner of Dexter and Germantown Parkway in Cordova.

The week before that Memphis metro area gas prices has been marked as the lowest on average in the country at $3.34 a gallon.

26. Intermodal Cartage Sees 30 Years of Steady Growth - Monday, October 17, 2011

Founded by Mark George in Memphis with one truck driver in 1982, Intermodal Cartage Co. Inc. has grown steadily for nearly 30 years and now has locations in 26 cities nationwide.

27. Memphis World Trade Club Installs New Officers - Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Memphis World Trade Club, one of the largest and oldest international trade clubs in the United States, has installed its 2011 board and officers.

The officers are: Roquita Coleman of Canadian National Railway Co., president; Katie Hooser of Intermodal Cartage Co., first vice president; Robert Hill, a logistics and services consultant, second vice president; Jud Cannon of Cannon, Wright, Blount, treasurer; and Tesha Saulsberry of Smith & Nephew, secretary.

28. Commercial Sales See Bump in October - Friday, November 27, 2009

High-dollar transactions involving a wide range of properties – vacant land, a strip center, an apartment complex and a couple of warehouses – helped Shelby County’s commercial market register a relatively decent month by 2009 standards during October.

29. Building Permit Brings Wally Joe Restaurant Closer to Reality - Tuesday, November 3, 2009

690 S. Perkins Road
Memphis, TN 38117
Permit Amount: $800,000

Project Cost: $800,000
Permit Date: Applied October 2009
Completion: Summer 2010
Owner: Wally Joe Realty LLC
Tenant: TBA
Contractor: Day Construction LLC
Architect: Doug Enoch

30. Southeast Shelby County Acreage Sells for $5.1M - Friday, October 30, 2009

Mark and Melinda George, owners of Intermodal Cartage Co. Inc., have bought 609.33 acres of vacant land in Southeast Shelby County for $5.1 million. The land was acquired in three parcels of land that is zoned farm and residential. The largest parcel – of which just a portion was bought – is on the south side of East Holmes Road. The other two are on the west side of Forest Hill-Irene Road.

31. Archived Article: Holmes (lead) - Thursday, April 22, 2004
Its gong to be used for bus expansion

Intermodal Cartage Buys Land for Expansion

Road improvements under way in area of industrial growth

ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

A Memphis-based intermodal transportation services company has purcha...

32. Archived Article: Chamber P.2 - Thursday, March 1, 2001
By SUE PEASE Export series opens foreign trade doors By SUE PEASE The Daily News For local businesses wanting to take the leap into foreign trade or those already trading internationally that want to keep up on new policies, the Passport To Export S...

33. Archived Article: Back - Tuesday, June 3, 1997
Dallas company completes Dallas company completes study for Pidgeon Industrial The Carter & Burgess Co. of Dallas has completed the two-part facility and Rail Access Feasibility Study for Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park. This four-month study u...