Rail Transloading

Transloading freight between truck and train gives a company the best of both worlds,combining economical rail transport with the flexibility of over-the-road trucking. This allows firms to lower transportation costs and increase market reach.

CONRAIL, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Genesee-Wyoming are rail lines servicing Bay Logistics locations – take advantage today!

Products are loaded onto a truck
The truck transports the container to a transload facility like Bay Logistics
At the transload facility, products are transferred to a rail car
The product type determines how it is transferred (e.g., tank car, flat car or box car)
If needed, products are transferred back to trucks for final delivery

The Process:

Environmental Benefits Of Shipping By Rail

Increased efficiency
Decreased emissions of pollutants
Decreased energy consumption
Decreased greenhouse gas emissions
Reduced highway gridlock by taking trucks off the road
Reduced road maintenance and construction
Reduced material handling and packaging costs
Increasingly advantageous as diesel prices rise
Not impacted by chronic truck driver shortage
Trains are the safest mode of transportation in the U.S.

Transloading and warehousing provide not only the environmental benefits of shipping by rail, but also a turnkey logistics solution that combines the economies of rail, the flexibility of trucking, and the cost savings of Just-In-Time (JIT) inventory management.

Rail Transloading