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Steel is made in a factory and then transported through distributors and retailers to the job sites by boat, rail and truck depending on where it's coming from and where it's going to. Steel blocks can be transported on flat wagons. Often steel is rolled into sheets in the steel works and rolled on coils which are then transported on coil wagons, either open or with telescopic cowls or tarpaulin weather protection. Steel is just transported by rail, road, boat and even by plane.
Intermodal: being or involving transportation by more than one form of carrier during a single journey. LoadMatch focuses on both domestic & international intermodal transportation of equipment between trucks, railroads, and ocean lines. Maybe you have seen a train pass by with truck trailers riding on the railroad cars. A truck moves an empty piece of equipment to a shipper to pick up a load. The equipment is loaded with freight and then taken by truck to a railroad yard. Those in the intermodal industry will confirm there are many variables in this process. However, the more efficient the process, the more profitable it can be.