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Site Selection: The Rise of Intermodal

Intermodal plays an essential role in today’s site selection process. Superior rail intermodal sites and services put your company on the right track.

March 25, 2013 | Intermodal | Ports | Transportation Management

Sharing the Load

Transloading strategies reduce touches and costs, and give shippers greater flexibility to respond to changing demand.

Resilient…Responsive…Determined: Rails Focus on the Future

Despite economic headwinds, rails are investing heavily for future growth. Inbound Logistics gets the full story at the annual RailTrends conference.

October 18, 2012 | Intermodal | Rail | Transportation | Trucking

Rail Intermodal: Where Rail Meets Road

Intermodal solutions gather steam as shippers track the financial and efficiency benefits of combining truck and rail transport.

May 15, 2012 | Intermodal | Site Selection

Intermodal: More Than Roads and Rails

Intermodal service excellence requires well-connected transportation infrastructure, best-of-breed logistics service providers, a skilled workforce, and affordable utilities.

October 15, 2011 | Intermodal | Rail

Improving Rail Infrastructure: On the Right Track

As railroads continue to ramp up capital spending on infrastructure and equipment, intermodal services have been significant beneficiaries, leading more shippers—and motor carriers—to adopt multimodal approaches.

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Intermodal: A Means, Not an End

Intermodal transportation has always been an integral part of the supply chain. Around U.S. ports, it’s a capacity aggregator and transshipment accelerator for imports and exports flowing through congested hubs. On the domestic side, intermodal is a freight economizer, reducing transport costs by rationalizing long-haul bulk moves between road, barge, rail—and occasionally air. For many […]

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Is Intermodal Right For You?

Capacity and driver shortages plague the over-the-road (OTR) trucking sector, prompting shippers to consider the merits of other transportation modes. Intermodal freight shipping combines the resources of different transportation modes, such as trucking and rail, to move products from manufacturing site to final destination. Offering economic and environmental benefits, intermodal freight shipping provides an attractive […]

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Intermodal Inroads

New facilities, upgraded equipment, and creative service options are making intermodal transportation more attractive and reliable than ever.

May 15, 2011 | Intermodal | Rail | Site Selection

U.S. Intermodal Gets a Lift: America’s Great Rail Sites & Services

Intermodal connections help shippers move product quickly and efficiently. Get on track with some locations, utilities, and service providers that are helping intermodal grow.

March 15, 2011 | Intermodal | Transportation Infrastructure

Northern Exposure: Navigating the Alaskan Supply Chain

Intermodal transportation stitches together Alaska’s 663,268 square miles of rugged terrain, presenting challenges and opportunities for intrepid shippers.

November 15, 2010 | Intermodal | Rail | Temperature-Sensitive Goods

How to Leverage Rail/Intermodal For Refrigerated Freight

MORE TO THE STORY: A Refrigerated Case Rail/intermodal solutions are fast gaining traction among shippers looking for additional capacity, exploring more cost-effective transportation options, and seeking means to reduce their impact on the environment. While there has always been a captive rail audience among bulk commodity and dry goods shippers, more specialized freight, including refrigerated […]

Global Logistics – October 2010

Northern Wind Blows Off Course Efforts to build offshore wind farms in Northern Europe are meeting gale force resistance because of supply chain limitations, according to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal. The United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium are among the countries seeking to expand capacity to meet European Union mandates […]

Memphis: America’s Aerotropolis

Geography, transportation infrastructure, and a strong distribution sector make Memphis a natural logistics hub.

Reassessing Rail Reregulation

Will rail reregulation untie captive shippers but tie up rail productivity?

Trends—July 2010

21st annual State of Logistics Report: Beating the Recession; Making dollars and Sense out of Jabulanis and Vuvuzelas; Mergers and Acquisitions Show signs of Recovery

May 15, 2010 | 3PL | Intermodal

Giving Intermodal the Green Light

Manufacturers and retailers know moving freight by rail and using trucks on the origin and destination ends—a combined service approach called door-to-door intermodal—can help cut logistics costs. What many shippers don’t realize is that, in addition to being a more cost-effective method of transporting goods, intermodal offers significant environmental advantages as well. LAW OF AVERAGES […]

January 15, 2010 | Intermodal | Ports

On the Road | Elizabeth, New Jersey: On the Waterfront

Inbound Logistics Senior Writer Joseph O’Reilly visits New Jersey’s Port Elizabeth, one of the East Coast’s busiest ports.

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On the Road | Morris, Illinois: Plastics, Pellets, and Pallets

A&R Logistics’ Morris, Ill., dry bulk intermodal facility specializes in hauling plastics. Inbound Logistics Senior Writer Joseph O’Reilly tours the operation.

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Trends—January 2010

Guaging the Future of Marine Rail Rail intermodal solutions have become an important component of the U.S. supply chain as capacity, cost, and sustainability concerns warrant more transportation flexibility. The hitch for shippers is the time it takes to re-handle cargo, switch modes, and turn assets and inventory. Rail intermodal requires better forecasts, greater visibility, […]

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