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In the U.S., starting in the 1960s, the use of containers increased steadily. Rail intermodal traffic tripled between 1980 and 2002, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), from 3.1 million trailers and containers to 9.3 million. Large investments were made in intermodal freight projects.
The Indiana Rail Road operates the Senate Avenue Intermodal Terminal, located southwest of downtown Indianapolis. In cooperation with the Canadian National Railway , it provides container service between Indianapolis and Canada's ports of Halifax , Nova Scotia , Vancouver and Prince Rupert , for connection with global shipping. [ 4 ]
E-commerce, the restocking of inventories and tighter truck capacity were among the factors that boosted U.S. intermodal volumes in October and the third quarter."Inventory replenishment and ...
Short line Indiana Rail Road (INRD) is planning a multiyear expansion of intermodal facilities for customers that want service to and from the Indianapolis market and Canadian and U.S. West Coast ...
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers). [1] Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading, is the process of unitization of cargoes in exports.
Double-stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport in which railroad cars carry two layers of intermodal containers. Invented in the United States in 1984, it is now being used for nearly seventy percent of United States intermodal shipments. Using double stack technology, a freight train of a given length can carry roughly ...
Schneider hauls 19,318 loads per day, with 11,650 company drivers, 10,120 company trucks and 33,830 trailers on the road. [citation needed] The company has 166 facilities, conducting business in the United States, Mexico, Canada and China. Schneider's customers include more than two-thirds of the FORTUNE 500 companies. [citation needed]