Will shipping our product by rail be a more reliable mode than trucking in a time like this? (Anthony Menzies)

Anthony Menzies

My company is facing an unusual amount of supply chain disruption because of the sudden lack of demand for our product. Will shipping our product by rail be a more reliable mode than trucking in a time like this?

 

Rail can be more reliable than long-haul trucking, specifically if you have the ability to stockpile product at a transload facility or store your product within a railcar as a "mobile warehouse."

Having your railcars or product near the end destination allows you to truck it for the last mile or re-deploy the railcar when your demand picks back up.

We have a few customers in the plastics, aggregate, stone, and agribusiness who practice deploying inventory as close to the destination as possible.