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INTERMODAL

Rail economics without losing the thread.

Door to door intermodal for freight that can trade a day of transit for a materially lower cost per mile.

WHAT ACTUALLY GOES WRONG

Intermodal saves money right up until nobody is watching it.

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.

  • Containers sitting at the ramp with nobody chasing them
  • Missed cutoffs that cost a full day of transit
  • Drayage carriers nobody verified on either end
  • Per diem and storage charges that surface weeks later
  • Transit estimates quoted to customers as promises
  • No single owner across the rail leg and the road legs
Intermodal containers loaded on well cars at a Union Pacific rail ramp

Rail and road

Containers by rail where the clock allows, by truck at both ends.

HOW WE RUN AN INTERMODAL MOVE

One desk, road and rail.

LANE 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.

CUTOFFS TRACKED, NOT ASSUMED

Ramp cutoffs managed against pickup so the box makes the train it was priced for.

DRAYAGE VERIFIED ON BOTH ENDS

Origin and destination drayage carriers clear Forza Shield the same as any truckload carrier.

RAMP STATUS MONITORED

Container position followed through the rail leg, so a delay is known rather than discovered.

ACCESSORIALS FLAGGED EARLY

Per diem and storage exposure raised while it can still be avoided, not after it is billed.

HONEST TRANSIT EXPECTATIONS

If the freight cannot take the extra day, we will tell you to run it over the road instead.

WHEN IT MAKES SENSE

The right freight for the rail leg.

Longer haul lanes

Distances where rail line haul meaningfully beats over the road on cost per mile.

Predictable volume

Repeating lanes where transit can be planned into your inventory position.

Cost sensitive freight

Loads where budget matters more than a day of transit.

Freight with schedule slack

Shipments that are not chasing a same-week appointment.

WHEN IT GOES WRONG ANYWAY

You get a phone call before you have to ask for one.

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.