Reset your Password
Intermodal
What is Intermodal Shipping?
Intermodal shipping involves moving containers using multiple modes of transportation. This allows cargo to move seamlessly from port to rail to over-the-road.
​
-
Take advantage of lower costs with more predictable pricing.
-
Flexibility of loading and unloading goods in a dropped trailer environment.
-
Gain access to more equipment and standardized transit schedules.
-
Streamline reverse logistics to providing additional savings.
-
Most competitive for shipments over 1000 miles
-
Environmentally friendly
How it works
-
ECU Trucking coordinates drayage of container from the port to the nearest rail ramp.
-
Container is then transferred from the truck chassis to a rail car.
-
Cargo moves via rail to the next intermodal ramp where it is then transferred back to a drayage carrier for final delivery.
(Reverse this process for an export shipment)