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Indianapolis (/ ˌ ɪ n d i ə ˈ n æ p ə l ɪ s / ⓘ IN-dee-ə-NAP-ə-lis), [10] [11] colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of the White River.
After proving successful in Korea, the Transporter was developed into the Container Express (CONEX) box system in late 1952. Based on the Transporter, the size and capacity of the Conex were about the same, [ nb 1 ] but the system was made modular , by the addition of a smaller, half-size unit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) long, 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) wide ...
Mayflower was founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1927 by Conrad M. Gentry and Don F. Kenworthy. In March 1995, it was acquired by UniGroup, a transportation and relocation services company with headquarters in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. [1]
Transportation in Indianapolis consists of a complex network that includes a local public bus system, several private intercity bus providers, Amtrak passenger rail service, four freight rail lines, an Interstate Highway System, an airport, a heliport, bikeshare system, 115 miles (185 km) of bike lanes, and 116 miles (187 km) of trails and greenways.
The Indiana Rail Road operates the Senate Avenue Intermodal Terminal, located southwest of downtown Indianapolis. In cooperation with the Canadian National Railway, it provides container service between Indianapolis and Canada's ports of Halifax, Nova Scotia ,Vancouver and Prince Rupert, for connection with global shipping. [4]
Two years after McLean's first container ship, the Ideal X, started container shipping on the US East Coast, [33] Matson Navigation followed suit between California and Hawaii. Just like Pan-Atlantic 's containers, Matson's were 8 ft (2.44 m) wide and 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) high, but due to California's different traffic code Matson chose to make ...
Celadon Group, Inc. was a truckload shipping company located in Indianapolis, Indiana.It was one of the ten largest truckload carriers in North America and at its peak operated 4,000 trucks and owned an additional 11,000 trucks through Quality Equipment, its leasing division.
Indiana Jones, nicknamed "Indy", a fictional adventurer and archaeologist; Indianapolis, nicknamed "Indy", the capital city of the U.S. state of Indiana and its surrounding metropolitan area; Indy Aircraft, an American aircraft manufacturer based in Independence, Iowa; IndyGo, the popular name for the bus service in Indianapolis