Looking to reduce your truckload shipping costs? Consider Rail-Intermodal. The service days normally take a day or two
longer; however the cost per mile can be as much as $1.00 per mile savings or
more. Let us help you identify
Intermodal lanes within your organization and drive your shipping costs
down!
Check to see if your shipping lanes can move via rail and
lower your transportation costs. Please
contact us with your customers’ shipping points.
Things to consider when shipping Rail-Intermodal:
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Transit time:
It
normally takes a day or two longer than Over-The-Road (OTR).
Distance:
Rail as an
option is better when the distance from point to point is 1,000 miles or
greater.
Lanes:
Rail is better
when it’s going from and to a major market area. For Example:
Dallas-Los Angeles, Dallas-Portland, Dallas-Atlanta, Chicago-Northeast,
Los Angeles-East to all major markets.
Product Types:
It’s
better to ship product via rail that is not as susceptible to damage. High value furniture that’s not able to be
knocked down should not be shipped via rail.
Rail Detention:
At
the rail yard or at your facility. To
avoid detention charges, make sure your rail trailers are delivered at the
first available delivery time to avoid detention at the rail yard. Also make sure the driver doesn’t wait longer
than 2 hours to get unload. Detention
can get costly and diminish your savings realized by switching from OTR.
Great Option in Tight Capacity Markets:
Having trouble finding OTR trucks? Intermodal offers flexibility in shipping
destinations with much greater trailer availability. Also, if you need drop equipment, rail is
much easier to set up a drop program.
Going Green?:
Is your
company initiative to reduce its carbon footprint? Rail uses about one tenth of the fuel an OTR
truckload would use.
