What is Intermodal?
Intermodal shipping is a method of transporting cargo using various / multiple modes of shipping from origin to destination. We do this without handling the freight while changing modes. Spirit Trucking utilizes special containers or trailers which allow goods to be moved directly from one mode of transportation to another without requiring repacking. Intermodal shipping to move freight from one location to another is the most efficient, timely, cost effective, and environmentally safe method. Transportation modes used in the intermodal shipping method include trucks, railroad, ocean carriers, steamships, and airplanes. The most common combination, is truck and rail.