Trucking Partners * USA - Intermodal providers looking for

San Diego,CAL,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Mar 15, 2011: -- The intermodal divisions of several railroads – Norfolk Southern, CSX Intermodal, and BNSF Railway – were out in force hunting for potential trucking partners here at the 2011 Truckload Carriers Assn. (TCA) Annual Convention... Tom Selbitschka, BNSF’s director of sales for LTL marketing and expedited services, told Fleet Owner now is “a good time” for railroads and trucking companies to forge freight intermodal partnerships as a lack of capacity and rising fuel prices is putting pressure on all modes of transportation... In particular, he said that combination rail-truck freight moves work best when shipment length of haul is above 400 to 500 mi. For trucking companies, it creates shorter lengths of haul that burn less fuel and get drivers home far more frequently, he noted... Selbitschka stressed that he uses the word “partnership” deliberately to identify the kind of “win-win” relationship railroads like BNSF are trying to forge with truckers... (Photo from pg.com: trucks trains ships illustration)