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​INTERMODAL SHIPPING SERVICES
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Important Benefits:
Intermodal shipping service is becoming more widely accepted because of its innumerable benefits. More companies are now getting to know what they stand to benefit if their freights are moved via rail. It has become the safest and the most budget friendly means of transportation.
Formerly, the major disadvantage of this mode of transportation was that it's slow paced. But now, series of technological advancements have made rail transportation as fast as truckload shipping and sometimes even faster. It is now more cost effective for companies to make use of rail transportation if their freight is not time bound. 

Reduced emission of carbon is one of the reasons to consider intermodal shipping. Trains consume much less fuel and much less carbon even though they convey more freight than trucks. This makes rail transportation much more environment friendly than truckload shipping. In fact, a train emits less than half of the quantity of carbon that a single truck will emit when they travel the same distance. Yet, a single train will move the freight that over 270 trucks will move. Can you imagine the difference? Amazing, isn’t it?

The only reason companies still prefer truckload shipping is faster delivery. But now trucks may not always deliver your freight on time because they have to make frequent stops. Besides, bad weather can cause a major delay. So what is the point wasting money that would have been saved when timely delivery is not guaranteed?

Another major benefit attached to intermodal shipping service is low cost. This form of transportation is much cheaper than that of truckload shipping. A single train can move the same freight that over 250 trucks can move. Moving such size of freight via train will also earn you volume discount. Which you may not enjoy when using truckload shipping since each segment of freight will be moved by a different truck.

Do you know that if about 25 percent of freight is done by rail, about 3 billion hours spent in traffic will be saved? That is not all, over 15 billion gallons of fuel will be saved and the environment will be saved from about 800,000 tons of carbon emission. Think about it. Isn’t it convincing that railway shipping is the best? It is cheaper, safer, more eco-friendly and more fuel efficient than all other modes of transportation. 

If you want to ship products that have to be kept in certain temperature, with intermodal shipping, you are covered. This mode of transportation has all the necessary tools and technology to pull it through. All you need is refrigerated intermodal shipping service.

Constant technological advancements have made it possible to carry out satellite tracking, monitoring and remotely changing the internal temperature of the shipment containers. With all these in place, you can rest assured that your temperature sensitive products will be delivered in perfect conditions. Your products will arrive in exactly the same condition they left the dock. 

Trains consume much less fuel than vehicles, so it is much cheaper to move your freight via rail and the difference in fuel consumption will reflect in your bill. Even though truckload shipping is believed to be faster, it is not always true. What happens when a bad weather leads to frozen highway? Who suffers it? When this happens, it is not likely that you will get a rebate as compensation.

Having seen all the benefits attached to intermodal shipping services, why not get a shipping quote for your next freight now. Give it a try and you will be glad you did. Move your next freight by rail and save yourself a whole lot of money and also save your environment from avoidable carbon emission.

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