{"id":6206,"date":"2022-02-25T20:30:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/?p=6206"},"modified":"2022-03-04T22:07:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T22:07:29","slug":"u-s-shippers-are-increasingly-choosing-trucks-over-railroads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/u-s-shippers-are-increasingly-choosing-trucks-over-railroads\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Shippers are increasingly choosing trucks over railroads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. intermodal transports, in which railroads carry containers and truck trailers, were down nearly 12% in the first six weeks of this year from a year ago, according to the Association of American Railroads, after tumbling in the second half of last year even as retailers and manufacturers rushed to bring in goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trucking and rail industry officials say demand to move freight 500 miles or more\u2014which is often done by rail\u2014remains strong, as companies restock depleted inventories. But <a href=\"http:\/\/findfreightloads.com\">shippers <\/a>are more often than usual choosing highways over railroads because shortages of labor, equipment and warehouse space across supply chains can create unpredictable delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intermodal transport, which uses trucking for the final leg of delivery, is slower and more complicated than long-haul trucking. But it is also cheaper and less damaging to the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand is contributing to high trucking rates, spot rates on the Los Angeles to Chicago routes are up 59% year-over-year, or $1.04 a mile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But railroad officials say there are signs intermodal freight is beginning to bounce back, intermodal cargo volumes on container ships en route to the United States are up 25% compared with the start of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth + Change = Opportunity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. intermodal transports, in which railroads carry containers and truck trailers, were down nearly 12% in the first six weeks of this year from a year ago, according to the Association of American Railroads, after tumbling in the second half of last year even as retailers and manufacturers rushed to bring in goods. Trucking and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6213,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6206\/revisions\/6213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}