Optimize Your Import Strategy with Transloading
As your international freight travels to its destination, it must clear significant hurdles along the way. Service disruptions can throw a wrench into the supply chain, causing unexpected and costly delays. To give shippers more control over their freight, we operate several transloading facilities across the United States.
We are Driven for You™, meaning we will listen to your needs and explore new ways of driving value for your business. Recently, we doubled the number of dock doors at our Commerce, California, location to accommodate an increase in customer demand along the west coast.
Scaling Operations to Better Serve Customers
The growth of our California facility is an example of how we constantly evaluate our services to find new ways of improving your supply chain. It began when one of our customers, a national supermarket chain, encountered an increase in transloading demand over the last two years. We decided to invest in doubling the number of dock doors to allow for increased capacity at the facility and improve efficiency for all our west coast customers.
What are the benefits of transloading?
Navigating the global supply chain can be unpredictable and expensive. Delays, bottlenecks and natural disasters can all cause disruptions to your shipments getting delivered on time. Your import strategy can make a huge difference in the control you have of your freight. Utilizing specialized services, such as J.B. Hunt’s transloading, can give your business an added layer of flexibility and visibility which can save your business money in the long run.
Some of the main benefits of transloading include:
- Added control
- Increased visibility
- Shorter and more consistent transit times
Common Transloading Misconceptions
One of the most common misconceptions about domestic intermodal is that it is the same service as inland point intermodal (IPI). IPI has multiple points of contact across various providers, often leading to less control, slower speeds and higher accessorial costs.
Alternatively, J.B. Hunt’s transloading and intermodal service can trim up to 10 days off an average IPI shipment, utilizing in-house people and equipment to streamline the process and provide more control to shippers. Additionally, we’ve been building relationships with rail providers for decades to improve communication and operational efficiency.
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“A customer who wants to change from IPI to transloading may do so because they want to reduce total transit time, and they want more control and visibility to where their product is at all times.”
– Graham, Vice President, J.B. Hunt Intermodal
We have the capacity to streamline your operations
J.B. Hunt’s transloading services can provide the data and visibility your freight needs as it moves through the entire supply chain. The added dock doors at the Commerce, California, facility will allow us to provide seamless service to even more customers. If you think your import strategy could be improved with J.B. Hunt’s transloading service, get in touch with us today so we can help serve and scale your business.