What is Intermodal Transportation?

Freight is transported between shipper and consignee using multiple modes or carriers. Intermodal containers often contain further specializations, allowing carriers to ship liquid chemicals between trucks, trains, and ships without touching actual cargo. Intermodal is often effective way for shippers to balance cost and service when considering different strategies.

Here's an example of this the intermodal transportation process

• The truck delivers the empty container to the shipper.
• A truck loads the container with freight and transports it to the rail yard.
• The container is loaded onto a train and transported to its destination.
• The container is loaded onto truck, transported to the consignee, and then unloaded.
• Now the container can be reused for another load

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