While demand for transportation services is intrinsically linked to volumes and demand, transloading has proven to be a resilient segment of the industry in the past. How has demand at facilities held up during the pandemic?
Transloading will always be in demand as long as shippers continue to focus on creating efficient, cost-effective, and balanced supply chains. However, this pandemic has been an opportunity for transloaders to reevaluate their business mix, functional capabilities of their facilities, and accelerated the thought process of insulating their revenue streams via diversification.