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Optimize Your Imports and Exports

Discover the benefits of container shipping for your import and exports that deliver safe, secure, and efficient transportation for your cargo. Optimizing your supply chain for cost-effectiveness and reliability is no easy feat. After 40 years in the industry, we’ve picked up a few tricks to help you out. With Forward Intermodal drayage solutions, you will benefit from the flexibility of a streamlined cargo transition between ships, trains, and trucks while reducing overall costs through industry-leading technologies that reduce dwelling, per diem, and demurrage fees.

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Streamline Your Supply Chain

Enhance your operations with intermodal drayage and experience the advantages of a robust network, efficient deliveries, and a streamlined supply chain. With over 26 secure storage yards in North America, your valuable imports and exports will stay on the go – no congestion at the port or rail to delay transit times. Our partners benefit from industry-leading intact deliveries, superior on-time performance, and complete visibility through our track and trace technology.

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Deliver on time and on budget. Use our online quote tool to find rates for your next Full Truckload shipment.

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Container Shipping Simplified

Take advantage of our Intermodal drayage solutions to match your unique needs. Partnership with us means leveraging over 40 years of industry experience, a robust team of experts, access to markets across the U.S., and secure shipping with over 26 storage yards across the nation to provide you with the import and export solutions that deliver.

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Our tracking tool provides start-to-finish visibility & electronic proof of delivery.

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Integrated Container Drayage

Forward’s Intermodal services offer integrated container drayage and delivery for U.S. importers and exporters, including Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCO), freight forwarders, or steamship lines, who are looking to:

  • Secure storage yards
  • Scale capacity when needed
  • Respond to a shifting supply chain with agility
  • Keep cargo moving with fleet of private chassis
  • Maximize cost-savings with reduced dwelling times
  • Ship with an environmentally friendly mode of transport
  • Enhance cost-savings with Active Trac, our proprietary technology, to reduce demurrage and per diem fees

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Proprietary Technology

Maximize profits with technologies designed to streamline your freight at the port or rail. Top brands trust our innovative and agile approach to supply chain challenges to keep their freight moving.

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Transloading Solutions

Move imports from the port or rail with a trusted transload expert, who will prepare your freight for the next leg of the journey. Our transloading services unpack the complexity of moving your shipment from container to truck.

Yard Storage

Secure your container at the port or rail with drayage. Reduce dwelling fees, ship safe, and expand your network when you ship with us.

Expedited LTL

Looking to have your Intermodal shipment delivered faster? Look no further. Our robust solutions include easy transport from container to truck with ease.

International Warehousing Solutions

Benefit from a partnership with capacity, expertise, and resources. International shipment management can be complicated—customs requirements, protocols, and screenings. You don’t need to know it all, just be sure your partner does.

Intermodal Accessorial

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Intermodal Tools

Management of your Intermodal shipment is easy with our intuitive tools.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have more questions about Intermodal drayage shipping? See our frequently asked questions here. You can also ask Sunny, our virtual assistant, any questions you may have.

What Are Intermodal Drayage Solutions?

Drayage and intermodal services include transfer, tracking, and tracing shipments from ship to truck and beyond. Forward has over 40 years of drayage and intermodal experience.

What Are Container Drayage Solutions?

Forward container drayage services provide superior supply-chain reliability, visibility, and cost-efficiency. We leverage more than 40 years of supply chain and intermodal experience to serve a full range of top U.S. importers and exporters.

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