Intermodal terminal combining rail containers and road freight

04 / IMT

Intermodal Transport

Rail, road and sea connections are designed as a single route.

  • R+R
  • SEA+R
  • XFR
  • IMT
Let’s talk about the intermodal route
  1. Long-haul truck
    TRKRoad
  2. Rail transfer
    RAILRail
  3. Container ship
    SEASea

Operating model

Control lives
at the transfer.

When the mode changes, the language does not. Visibility lives with whoever decides.

  1. 01 / DSG

    Route design

    Which leg holds volume and which holds the window is locked at the start.

  2. 02 / XFR

    Transfer sync

    Rail, port and road bookings are not tracked apart. A break is seen at the same moment.

  3. 03 / LST

    Last-mile connection

    The combination does not fragment at delivery. The receiver sees the end of one route.

Overview

The mode changes.
The route does not.

If road, rail and sea are separate lines, the transfer breaks. Intermodal is not three jobs; it is one calendar.

A combination is built when a single mode breaks cost or timing. The busiest label is not chosen.

Container being transferred from rail onto a truck chassis
XFR / TRANSFER

Combination

Road + rail. Sea + road.

A combination is not picked from a catalogue. Volume, time and the transfer point are read together.

  1. R+R

    Road + rail

    Volume stays on rail; first and last mile stay on road. The transfer uses the same booking language.

  2. S+R

    Sea + rail

    Port and terminal are not disconnected steps. The container keeps one route identity.

  3. S+T

    Sea + road

    Discharge and inland stay on one calendar. The port sits in the middle of the route.

Workflow

From the first mode
to last mile.

  1. 01

    Design

    Mode and calendar.

  2. 02

    First leg

    Road, rail or sea.

  3. 03

    Transfer

    Identity holds.

  4. 04

    Second leg

    The same plan.

  5. 05

    Delivery

    One close.

  1. 01

    Route and mode design

    One calendar.

  2. 02

    Rail and port transfer

    Same identity.

  3. 03

    Booking sync

    A break is visible.

  4. 04

    Last-mile connection

    The route closes.

Related industries

The same discipline,
a different lane rhythm.

Related case

Rail and road transfer at an intermodal terminal

02 / Intermodal

Italy–Türkiye Intermodal Operation

Challenge
Arrival dates slipped when sea and road transfers were tracked separately.
Approach
Port, rail and last-mile delivery were tracked as one route, with bookings kept in sync.

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Other services

Five operations. One line.

All services
  1. 01 / TRKRoad FreightPlanned, visible and flexible road transport across domestic and international lanes.
  2. 02 / SEASea FreightPort, customs and transshipment steps stay on one plan for FCL and LCL shipments.
  3. 03 / AIRAir FreightBooking, ground handling and delivery stay connected for time-critical cargo.
  4. 05 / WHWarehousing & FulfillmentConsolidation, inventory and order prep run in the same rhythm as transport planning.
Controlled container loading operations at a port

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Let’s talk about the intermodal route

Share volume, timing and the transfer point. We build the combination from the calendar, not from labels.