INTERMODAL MOVEMENT OF BULK COMMODITIES

The concept of bulk transfer between rail and truck modes is not new. Matlack, the largest bulk trucking company in the United States, has been engaged in rail-truck transfer for over 20 years at its Norristown, Pennsylvania terminal. What is new, given recent freedom from most economic regulation, is the ability to expand the use of bulk transfers between rail and truck modes to gain improved service and greater economy for the shipper. Bulk and containerized carriers are pioneering new intermodal paths, and are even developing containerized bulk movements.

• Record URL:
  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808582?urlappend=%3Bseq=91
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at the Joint Conference: Eno Foundation Board of Directors and Board of Consultants, Westport, CT, USA, October 23-24, 1985.
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Fullam, W T
• Publication Date: 1986-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 89-96
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo; Carriers; Deregulation; Economics; Freight transportation; Improvements; Intermodal transportation; Level of service; Regulations; Traffic managers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
• Old TRIS Terms: Government regulations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459117
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1986 12:00AM