Rail Shipment Management
Effective transportation execution requires planning, especially when using the national rail network to move your freight. The experts at BNSF Logistics will analyze your freight network, volumes and product types to determine if rail may be a viable option. BNSF Logistics integrates and manages rail, transload, trucking, specialty equipment providers and experienced operators with the passion for providing you with a simple, safe, reliable, and professional delivered product. Customizable multi-modal solutions are our specialty - from origin to destination and each touch point in between.
Services Include:
- Multi-modal coordination (truckload, rail, transload, special equipment)
- Consolidation of truckload shipments into carload
- De-consolidation of carload into multi-truckload
- Loading configuration/design
- Empty railcar ordering
- Empty railcar release
- EDI waybilling
- Track and trace
- In-transit visibility
- Demurrage / bad order management
- Customs clearance
- Customer service interface (single point of contact)
- Freight bill payment
- Reporting / event notification
Commodity/Product Experience:
- Lumber (logs, wood pellets)
- Refrigerated (produce, frozen)
- Metals (rebar, coils, pipe)
- Minerals (borates, cement, clay, lime)
- Consumer goods (tile, canned goods)
- Chemicals (glue, plastics)
- Dimensional/oversized products (machinery, tanks, cranes, generators, wind turbines and blades)