article thumbnail

Transportation’s Tricky Balancing Act

247 Customs Broker

We’ll look at the specific costs involved in defining economies of scale and set out three items which are important in the definition. Finally, we’ll discuss the various ways “scale” can be achieved by transportation carriers. Let’s start with a definition of economies of scale and consider three critical items.

article thumbnail

What is Drayage

ShipLilly

Definition of Multimodal Transport. Multimodal transport involves more than a single form of transportation. The drayage service will then take it to a rail depot, before being loaded onto a train car for delivery to the final destination that is inland.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

The uncertainty of coal demand will definitely play a role in the future of the state’s freight exports. Delaware contains a large number of ports and freights, making intermodal transportation a good choice. Vermont houses several international ports and intermodal rail lines. billion in 2014. Washington.

Freight 40
article thumbnail

Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

The uncertainty of coal demand will definitely play a role in the future of the state’s freight exports. Delaware contains a large number of ports and freights, making intermodal transportation a good choice. Vermont houses several international ports and intermodal rail lines. billion in 2014. Washington.

Freight 40
article thumbnail

Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

The uncertainty of coal demand will definitely play a role in the future of the state’s freight exports. Delaware contains a large number of ports and freights, making intermodal transportation a good choice. Vermont houses several international ports and intermodal rail lines. billion in 2014. Washington.

Freight 40