01LANE QUALIFIED BEFORE IT IS QUOTED
We check that the lane, the service and the transit actually work for your freight before putting a number on it.
INTERMODAL / ROAD & RAIL
Road and rail coordinated around your lane, transit expectations and the handoffs that need a clear owner.
THE VALUE IS IN THE HANDOFFS
Containers by rail where the clock allows, by truck at both ends.
Verified drayage. Pickup timed to the ramp cutoff.
Confirm the cutoff and equipment plan before departure.
Follow container status and communicate transit changes.
Review availability, free time and storage exposure.
Verified drayage coordinated with the receiver’s window.
One owner across the rail leg and both road legs.
Forza Shield carrier verification →HOW WE RUN AN INTERMODAL MOVE
We check that the lane, the service and the transit actually work for your freight before putting a number on it.
Ramp cutoffs managed against pickup so the box makes the train it was priced for.
Origin and destination drayage carriers clear Forza Shield the same as any truckload carrier.
Container position followed through the rail leg, so a delay is known rather than discovered.
Per diem and storage exposure raised while it can still be avoided, not after it is billed.
If the freight cannot take the extra day, we will tell you to run it over the road instead.
WHAT ACTUALLY GOES WRONG
The savings are real. So is the failure mode. A container that misses a cutoff sits, a box at the ramp with nobody chasing it accrues charges, and the shipper finds out weeks later on an invoice. Intermodal works when somebody owns it end to end.
WHEN IT MAKES SENSE
Distances where rail line haul meaningfully beats over the road on cost per mile.
Repeating lanes where transit can be planned into your inventory position.
Loads where budget matters more than a day of transit.
Shipments that are not chasing a same-week appointment.
BEFORE YOU BOOK
Intermodal can suit longer-haul, repeating lanes with enough schedule flexibility for rail transit. Forza reviews the lane, service, and timing before recommending rail-and-road transportation.
Forza coordinates the move across origin drayage, rail, and destination drayage. The team reviews carrier verification, ramp cutoffs, container status, and pickup and delivery requirements.
Share the lane, commodity, shipment volume, equipment needs, and pickup and delivery windows. Discuss transit expectations, ramp cutoffs, and possible storage or per diem exposure before booking.
WHEN IT GOES WRONG ANYWAY
Trains run late, ramps congest, boxes get held. What you get from Forza is a person who tells you while there is still time to react, and who stays on it until it is resolved.
Eight questions from a 30-year shipper turned broker. Written for VPs of Supply Chain running an RFP this quarter.
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