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Intermodal Transportation
Intermodal transportation is a core focus for Maxx Solutions Brokerage, and we continue to make significant investments in this area. Our fast-growing road, rail and barge network offers customers all over the world a more flexible, efficient and sustainable way of moving cargo inland.
Intermodal assets such as chassis and containers play a critical part in moving the supply chain forward. Maxx Solutions Brokerage provides actionable information on the location and status of chassis and intermodal containers.
Delivered to your customer’s door
Through our extensive multimodal network and shipping services, we can offer seamless door-to-door deliveries, as well as full connectivity with inland commercial centres. Simply tell us what you’re shipping and where it needs to go, and we’ll take care of the rest – providing regular updates and customer support at every step.
“Intermodal solutions are not only safe, fast and cost-efficient – they are often better for the environment, too.”
The tailor-made touch
With an in-depth knowledge of services and infrastructure, our teams specialize in developing tailor-made integrated haulage services that meet your supply chain requirements. Contact us to discuss how we can help with your dry, reefer or project cargo.
Many of our customers rely on our innovative, end-to-end solutions to keep their cargo moving around the world.
Better for the planet
We have the scale, experience, knowledge and equipment to provide for a fast and reliable transit of your goods, while leveraging the latest technologies and focusing on sustainability. Using our landside transport services not only saves you time and money; it also reduces your business’s carbon footprint.
Questions about intermodal transportations?
Our experts will be happy to explain more about our services and how they could benefit your business.
Easy On-Boarding to Modern Freight Forwarding
The ideal freight forwarder subtracts complexity while adding visibility, starting with your first shipment. Get your hands on Maxx Solutions Brokerage’s dashboard. Gain support from our team. Lead the way with an agile supply chain—across air, ocean, and land—that responds to you.
Our non-asset based Freight network provides you with flexibility, improved service levels, accelerated delivery, reduced direct and indirect costs and much less
Frequently Asked Questions
Still open questions?
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
First off, not all lanes can be serviced by intermodal. The best intermodal lanes are roughly 700 miles with both their origin and destination drays within 100 miles of the ramp. There are some freight lanes that work at less miles, but these lanes are super dependent on the location of the ramps as it relates to the origin and destination of the lane serviced.
Transits are typically truck, plus a day, but there are some lanes that have the same transit. The transit tends to be truck, plus two or three days when the containers are interlined between two or more railroads to make the full door-to-door move.
Absolutely. Intermodal is a step better, it is consistent and reliable. The intermodal service is so strong that many shippers have converted their retail shipments to intermodal and saved on the chargebacks.
When intermodal is an option, the service saves shippers roughly 15-18% over their truckload options. Do not be surprised if you find the savings are across the board. In some cases, the lane may be more economical to run via a truckload option, but consider intermodal as a supplement to your routing guide for additional capacity.
You benefit from our experience in delivering effective solutions to the complex global supply chains of some of the world’s biggest corporations.
You benefit from every innovation, whether it involves a simple extension to our Air and Ocean Freight products, whether it means a development in warehousing.
All of which explains why you’ll find the team of outstanding support at Maxx Solutions Brokerage ready to apply their passion for solutions in support of your business.