Intermodal owner op questions

Anyone have their own authority and pull containers? - Click on it. That may be the answer to your question.

 

Interchanging intermodal equipment and having access to the customers is the hardest part.

Lot's of places use independent truck owners leased under their authority to maintain service levels to their customers. Their 'leased owner operators' run under the carrier's liability/property and cargo coverage demanding you to have Non-trucking Liability [don't call it bobtail] and physical damage to cover your ride [the carrier does not] and your leinholder will demand it if you have a note.

During the curent 'crisis' we are running behind, have hundreds of prepulls, and laugh every day at the barriage of brokers begging someone, anyone, to cover this 'last fee day' moves they cannot cover.

Yes there are brokers in intermodal but registering your insurance and obtaining interchange ability come first and isn't that easy, especially if you don't have a couple million in business in hand to go your own.

Mega companies can be your thing if you can always live with 'their way or the highway'...

On the other hand some smaller companies might not be so good [we all hear about the chicago russian/eastern european intermodal nightmares] while others never need to advertise when they want to grow a little more. The problem is finding one.