Intermodal Shipping
Get more options and control for your supply chain with our intermodal and rail services. As a Top 5 Intermodal Marketing Company (IMC), we have the experience and resources to complement and continually improve your existing strategy.
- Get direct access to every major railroad in North America and the intermodal rail container capacity you need—surge, spot, or committed.
- Enjoy the efficiency and cost savings of a route neutral shipping strategy based on your unique freight, with no dependence on specific railroads or limited routes.
- Add flexibility to your existing supply chain strategy by easily converting from one mode to another.
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Intermodal Solutions
Supplementing your over the road shipments with intermodal capacity gives your business a whole new set of advantages. Together, our experts, technology, and intermodal solutions will help minimize the impact of seasonal, environmental, regulatory, and industry factors that could negatively impact your bottom line.
Cross-Border
Cross-continent shipments traveling via rail demand specialized customs brokerage, warehousing, crossdocking, drop trailers, and distribution support. We’ll integrate the exact cross-border services you need into a single intermodal solution.
Explore cross-border services53' Drayage
Reduce your costs and maximize simplicity with a single provider. Bundle our marine drayage, transload, intermodal rail, domestic consolidation, and warehousing solutions into a cohesive crossdock solution—available across major markets in the United States.
Connect with an expertPort Services
Simplify your experience at port with our transloading services. Convert intermodal shipments to over the road truckloads through our transloading programs.
Request a quoteExpedited
Add flexibility to your supply chain strategy. As an alternative to single driver over the road (OTR) transit, expedited intermodal solutions provide competitive delivery speeds for your time-sensitive shipments.
Connect with an expertConsolidation
Get reliable, on time in full delivery and reduce claims and damage to your intermodal shipments with our global consolidation services. Our experts will help you simplify, streamline, and save when shipping on the rails.
Explore consolidation servicesCross-border
Cross-continent shipments traveling via rail demand specialized customs brokerage, warehousing, crossdocking, drop trailers, and distribution support. We’ll integrate the exact cross-border services you need into a single intermodal solution.
Explore cross-border servicesFull Load Trailers
Leverage our fleet of multimodal huckepack Code XL trailers on both road and rail. You can load 27 metric tonnes of freight, making it an efficient and sustainable service for your European supply chain.
Connect with an expertDrayage
Reduce your import costs and maximize simplicity with a single provider. Bundle our drayage, intermodal, consolidation, and warehousing solutions—available across major water and inland rail ports.
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What sets our intermodal services apart
Intermodal shipping is a large growth driver across North America, offering more opportunities for shippers to improve their supply chains every year. Our asset-light model utilizes established relationships with all Class 1 railroads to provide route-neutral options and the ability to access the solution you need in every market.
Our supply chain experts use industry-leading technology and sophisticated shipping data analytics to reposition equipment on your behalf and enhance the services you already rely on. With the power of our intermodal solutions, your business can meet demand and surge more effectively than ever.
Testimonials
“C.H. Robinson provides real value. They provide value in their initiatives and their collaboration with us, as well as in their ongoing efforts to drive down costs.”
Kendrick Ng
Global LogisticsRelated services
Truckload
Access reliable, consistent truckload capacity at competitive rates—we move the most truckload freight of any company in the world. Our truckload services make it easy to secure capacity and manage transportation costs.
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Less than truckload
Meet rising demand and fulfill more frequent orders with LTL shipping solutions that get your products where they need to be, on time in full. For the ultimate level of flexibility, let us help you find the right combination of LTL freight services to gain efficiencies while exceeding customer expectations.
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Ocean shipping
Get competitive rates and reliable ocean freight capacity through our long-term carrier relationships. As one of the largest NVOCCs in the world, we have relationships with all major alliances. Your FCL and LCL/consolidated cargo sails reliably with carriers you can trust across major trade lanes.
Learn moreConnect your global supply chain with a single platform
Automate, optimize, and manage every aspect of the shipment lifecycle across multiple vendors with Navisphere®, our single, global, multimodal transportation management system. It’s a complete digital ecosystem that streamlines complexity and improves efficiency up and down your supply chain.
- Gain connectivity for every step of your shipment journey, from purchase order management and quoting to tracking and invoicing.
- Drive smarter solutions for your supply chain with an unmatched information advantage—you’ll have access to the most shipment, routing, and carrier data in the industry.
- Increase your speed and efficiency with capabilities in our system or in your own TMS or ERP—from bids to billing.