Intermodal

As the overall U.S. economy and e-commerce demands in particular continue to grow, the less-than-truckload transportation industry should flourish provided it meets such challenges as having enough drivers and available equipment.

Container shortages remain, but there’s a new challenge — gridlock at the world’s biggest ports.

Since the advent of COVID-19, the volume of e-commerce spending has surged dramatically. With countrywide lockdown measures, online shopping for consumer goods skyrocketed, sparking a surge in imports at many U.S. ports. To meet this challenge, TRAC Intermodal created a dedicated private chassis pool for global shipper ZIM to handle cargo volumes at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. TRAC’s detailed case study describes how its expedited chassis solution helped ZIM meet the express shipping needs of e-commerce customers from South China to the U.S.

These stakeholders, including agricultural customers in the Upper Midwestern U.S., would benefit from a choice of routes and competitive rates, better service and innovation resulting from the competition for their business.