INTACT intermodal movements have been decreasing steadily since 2002 for all container types as shippers increasingly turn to transloading options
Transloading into 52-footers rather than FCL marine boxes wins favour
INTACT intermodal movements have been decreasing steadily since 2002 for all container types as shippers increasingly turn to transloading options, according to Ted Prince, principal of T Prince & Associates, Richmond, Virginia transport consultants.
Speaking on a conference call with the investment bank Stifel recently, Mr Prince said fewer containers are moving from the US west coast to the east coast, as cargo is being transloaded to the northeast and southeast instead.
The investment bank said that significant increases in transloading have been seen over the past six years, as 67 per cent of cargo moving through the west coast to New York moves in 53-foot containers, not marine boxes, according to American Shipper.
With Southern California, the load centre for domestic and international business, most of what's coming out of the region is container freight stuffed into domestic containers or trailers.