Intermodal Freight to New London, (PA)

One thing common between freight and cartage is that both terms are used in the logistics industry. However, both have completely different meanings. Here is a detailed comparison of freight vs. cartage to help you understand the differences between them:

Freight - The goods or items that are shipped are referred to as "freight." The term refers to commercial transport of goods by any means, including air, land, and sea. Freight is typically used to transport large quantities of goods. It is frequently divided into two categories: freight shipments and air freight.

Cartage - Transportation by land means "cartage" (rail or road). Typically, the movement is within an area or between two nearby towns, and the transportation is limited to short distances. Costs associated with moving goods from one location to another are known as cartage.

The transportation business tends to make things more complicated than they need to be. You may have come across some ambiguous terminologies used by businesses to appear more "authoritative."

The term "residential freight delivery" is one such example. You may have come across the abbreviation "RFD" on shipping websites and wondered what it stands for.

The fastest-growing method of domestic shipping is undoubtedly intermodal transportation. When it comes to intermodal transport, trucking and rail are used in tandem to move goods, with trucks picking up and delivering the goods at both ends, while the long journey is carried out by train.

Many people have incorrectly assumed that intermodal transportation is more expensive, slower, and more prone to damage than other modes of transportation.

Here are some common intermodal misconceptions: