Manufacturing Industry
Intermodal service gains go unnoticed.
Purchasing, May, 1998 by Minahan, Tim
These are bittersweet times for the intermodal industry. Strong international traffic sparked a 7.3% uptick in inter-modal loadings last year. However, well-publicized service problems at West Coast ports and along the Union Pacific Railroad disrupted intermodal service and are prompting shippers to view inter-modal as a system that provides sub-par service.
Evidence: Transportation buyers responding to a PURCHASING Magazine poil ranked intermodal below all other modes for on-time performance and quality of service. Respondents gave intermodal only slightly better marks for its ability to avoid shipment loss and damage. Mike Arendes, director of research and policy for the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), attributes much of intermodal's bad...
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