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Home » Schneider, CSX sign multiyear extension for intermodal service
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Schneider, CSX sign multiyear extension for intermodal service

January 18, 2012
Mark B. Solomon
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Truckload and logistics giant Schneider National Inc. said Tuesday it has signed a multiyear agreement with Eastern railroad CSX Transportation to expand their intermodal transportation partnership in the heavily congested Eastern region of the United States.

The agreement "sets the stage for sustained, long-term service within the Eastern United States as Schneider's intermodal freight volumes continue to increase," Green Bay, Wis.-based Schneider said in a statement.

Schneider said the agreement, which builds on a partnership first reached in 2008, would open up more Eastern points on CSX's network for Schneider to serve. In the statement, Schneider said the expanded agreement would offer its customers "capacity, operational interfaces, and access to preferential loading in some circumstances that will increase accessibility and efficiency of rail moves."

"We're recommitting the expertise of one of the nation's major railroads and one of the largest intermodal providers at a time when truckload capacity is getting tighter and shippers need creative new solutions to move freight," said Bill Matheson, president of Schneider's intermodal services unit.

"The current economic conditions and business environment tell us there will be more interest than ever in finding cost-effective, reliable modes for moving freight," added Bill Clement, vice president-intermodal for CSX Transportation.

Schneider said the agreement would expand capacity in East Coast and Midwest markets, where shippers are expected to struggle to procure over-the-road trucking space due to a shortage of qualified truck drivers.

The agreement is another step in a grand plan by the nation's five major railroads to convert over-the-road freight of virtually any length of haul to domestic intermodal service. Jacksonville, Fla.-based CSX told analysts in mid-2011 that of the 14 million truckloads that normally move in the Eastern United States each year, about 5.1 million have already been converted to intermodal, leaving a potential market of somewhere around 9 million.

CSX said it handles about 40 percent of the 5.1 million loads that have already been converted to intermodal.

Transportation Trucking Rail Intermodal
KEYWORDS CSX Corp. Schneider National
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    Marksolomon
    Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.

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