Transloading

Expert. Efficient. Transfers.

Given the current challenges faced by the trucking industry, Freedom Intermodal utilizes the advantage of strategic locations to transload cargo between modes of transportation.

Freedom Intermodal is directly connected to the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), a Class III switching railroad, with the primary mission of serving the Port of New Orleans and local industries.  New Orleans stands as the only deep-water port served by six (6) Class I railroads: BNSF, Canadian National (CN), CSX, Kansas City Southern (KCS), Norfolk Southern (NS), and Union Pacific (UP). More than 132,000 miles and a network of tracks that safely and efficiently connects the port community and local industries directly to every major North American market. 

Being strategically connected to all 6 Class 1 railroads leverages the cost savings of rail with our local trucking capacity, properly optimizing your supply chain.  From driver shortages to volatile fuel prices, increased operating costs, and government regulations, a lot can impact productivity and play a major role for long haul transportation.  Freedom Intermodal’s strategic location allows many of our customers who previously relied solely on truck transportation to now move cargo more efficiently and bypass supply chain constraints.

Our capabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • 40 tank car spots for bulk liquid chemicals, all accessible for transloading and heating

  • Railcar blending

  • Dedicated product hoses and pumps

  • Covered transload capabilities

  • Onsite 70-foot digital platform certified scale for accurate transload weights

  • Dry air system for transloading

  • Nitrogen transloading

  • Sampling

  • Filtered pumps

  • Railroad switching seven days a week

  • ISO tank and Rail heating services

  • Food grade air compressor

  • On-site track mobile for railcar positioning

  • Flexi-tank to Flexi-tank product transload services