intermodal
adjective
in·ter·mod·al
ˌin-tər-ˈmō-dəl 
1
: being or involving transportation by more than one form of carrier during a single journey
2
: used for intermodal transport
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Ahead of the Trump administration’s decision to levy port fees on Chinese ships, CSX chief financial officer Sean Pelkey said in March that the fees would be disruptive to both intermodal volumes and the wider supply chain.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Apr. 2025
The company’s transportation services include intermodal, truckload, less-than-truckload, flatbed, temperature-controlled, and dedicated and regional trucking, as well as final mile, railcar, small parcel and international transportation.
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The company planned to expand elsewhere until Melton and Transport Properties made a sales pitch for the Buffington Harbor site, which offers a deep-water port and proximity to intermodal transportation.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Serving the Canada-U.S. border, Illinois is home to the single busiest rail hub in the world in Chicago: Six Class I railroads, 40 short-line railroads, and an extensive network of intermodal terminals and classification yards that move both national and international commerce.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Apr. 2025
The company’s transportation services include intermodal, truckload, less-than-truckload, flatbed, temperature-controlled, and dedicated and regional trucking, as well as final mile, railcar, small parcel and international transportation.
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The company planned to expand elsewhere until Melton and Transport Properties made a sales pitch for the Buffington Harbor site, which offers a deep-water port and proximity to intermodal transportation.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Serving the Canada-U.S. border, Illinois is home to the single busiest rail hub in the world in Chicago: Six Class I railroads, 40 short-line railroads, and an extensive network of intermodal terminals and classification yards that move both national and international commerce.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Intermodal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermodal. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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