How to Use intermodal in a Sentence

intermodal

adjective

• The site is also near the intermodal rail yard and Interstate 485.
  — Ely Portillo, charlotteobserver, 8 Dec. 2017
• The dispute highlights the high stakes in tie-ups over intermodal transport.
  — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2017
• Maybe they’ve been loaded onto a train or truck that’s now idled inside an intermodal yard.
  — Eric Smith, Outside Online, 29 Mar. 2021
• But only one city is home to the largest intermodal transit station on the West Coast, something that the new Gateway project highlights.
  — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2023
• But grain volumes jumped, the slide in coal volume and revenue was more modest and intermodal business was flat.
  — Paul Page, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2017
• The glut has also tamped down rates in the intermodal business of moving container cargo over long distances by rail and truck.
  — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 15 July 2017
• Strong pricing gains lifted J.B. Hunt’s intermodal results in the third quarter, when revenue per load jumped 15% year-over-year.
  — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2018
• The 900 acres on which CN is planning its intermodal and warehouse complex now consists of gently rolling woodlands and corn and soybean fields.
  — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2024
• That makes nine years of double-digit growth for the port, which also reports a long unbroken growth streak for intermodal rail shipping.
  — al, 20 Jan. 2023
• The company provides logistics services and offers the intermodal network in the eastern half of the U.S.
  — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• The tracks being hit connect to an intermodal Union Pacific rail yard where containers are moved between trucks and trains.
  — Paul Ziobro, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2022
• As for the intermodal hub, Rybka said the project is still a priority for Jackson, and that the city may apply a second time this fall for a federal grant to support the project.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• And so far in the fourth quarter, intermodal rail-truck cargo has remained strong, with volumes surpassing 2017 levels.
  — Erica E. Phillips, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
• But railroad officials say there are signs intermodal freight is beginning to bounce back.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2022
• To accommodate that growth, the Georgia Ports Authority built a new intermodal rail yard to put boxes on trains and keep them off highways.
  — Greg Bluestein, ajc, 15 Apr. 2022
• The intermodal terminals connecting ports and railroads may also get clogged with the sudden spike in traffic.
  — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 28 Sep. 2021
• This will allow the company access to the port and its intermodal facilities, a CRG news release Tuesday.
  — Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2022
• Across 18th Avenue from the cafe, the rest of the intermodal facility remains under construction.
  — Lucy Berry, AL.com, 15 July 2017
• In a brief released earlier in the month, Long predicted pressures on intermodal volumes and pricing on the second quarter.
  — John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2023
• The intermodal process involves a giant container being moved from train to truck and then possibly to a nearby Logistics Park warehouse, or by truck back to train.
  — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 26 Apr. 2018
• Police also found a picture on Sanders' Facebook page of him wearing a sweatshirt identical to that of the person from the intermodal station video, according to the complaint.
  — Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022
• Railroad companies should benefit from this shortage as the customers can use intermodal business to cover the longer hauls.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• Shipment volumes slipped in J.B. Hunt’s core intermodal business, which involves moving cargo long distances by truck and rail.
  — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
• Its intermodal business links customers to railroads through trucks and terminals.
  — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Last month, operators pulled about 4,160 intermodal railcars out of storage to help handle the rush, according to AAR figures.
  — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2020
• Grist has said this contract signifies that the district would administer the grant for the intermodal authority.
  — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2020
• Schneider also is counting on the charters to deliver at least 2,500 new containers by the end of the year to meet surging domestic demand for its intermodal service, which moves cargo by road and rail.
  — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2021
• The manufacturing and logistics park will have rail and truck intermodal access.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
• Freight railroads are seeing a decline in intermodal traffic lately.
  — Paul Ziobro, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
• Take, for instance, Landstar, a truck broker that primarily operates in the U.S., with small exposure to intermodal and global air and ocean transport.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 4 July 2021

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024