Escalating trucking charges and tender rejection rates are boosting intermodal traffic in the US – but they also give rise to warnings of congested rail heads, which could trigger detention and demurrage charges.
At a glance, intermodal traffic in North America is not having a stellar time. In Q1, aggregate volumes actually contracted 0.04%, to 4.54 million loads, statistics from the Intermodal Association of North America show.
That slight decline was due …
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