Intermodal Services (Door to Door)
Intermodal Alternatives-Easier on the Environment & Your Freight Budget
Companies choose Trinity' s shipping experience to help guide freight in a fuel-efficient and economical manner. Depending on the type of freight you're moving as well as the time requirements, utilizing the railroad services may in fact be your most economic method of transit. With most rail shipments delivering only a few days behind traditional truckload, why pay more when an alternative exists?
We offer distinct cost benefits to customers with non time-sensitive freight movements utilizing door-to-door rail services. As an Intermodal Marketing Company (IMC), Trinity's intermodal capabilities provide clear advantages for your business.
Trinity's Rail Advantages:
Economic alternative: Trains transport thousands of tons using less fuel than it would take to power the same amount of freight using over-the-road trucks. These savings are passed along, creating a distinct cost advantage for shipping via intermodal.
Available equipment: Economic and seasonal patterns affect the available number of OTR trucks that are available to move freight. Both the railroads and the private asset owners provide Trinity with a consistent source of available equipment.
Environmentally-friendly: A freight train can move a ton of freight an average of 830 miles on a single gallon of diesel fuel, four times as far as it could move by truck! Freight trains only emit 6.8 lbs of carbon emissions per 100 ton miles, compared to 19.8 lbs emitted by truck.
Direct access to providers: Leverage our established relationships with local, regional, and national rail providers to gain access to the network of railroads across the US and Canada. As an IMC, we work directly with the rail and draymen to secure the equipment and service you require.
Competitive transit time: Intermodal trains are now dedicated, running non-stop from origin to destination. Their routes across the continent run nearly as fast as an over-the-road truck, but at a much more competitive price.
Lower risk of damage: Shock and vibration levels are less than half of over-the-road trucks. When properly blocked and braced by the shipper, rail loads have very little risk of potential claims from damages during transit.
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