US Drayage Capacity Pressures Mount as Haulage Rates Rise
Rising inland transport costs and tighter drayage availability are limiting growth opportunities across US intermodal networks.
Logistics networks across the United States are facing mounting strain as a combination of market factors pushes up drayage rates and restricts available trucking capacity for moving containerized freight.
The emerging operational challenges have surfaced during recent quarterly earnings discussions from major trucking and intermodal logistics providers, pointing to growing friction across domestic supply chain handoffs.
Addressing the operational environment, Jim Filter, president and chief executive of Schneider, singled out drayage availability as the foremost obstacle currently preventing the carrier from converting more over-the-road shipments to intermodal options.
The carrier actively curbed its volume expansion in certain segments, opting against chasing revenue gains that would have required contracting expensive third-party drayage services to complete the moves.
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