An accomplished shipping professional in Jackson, Mississippi, Howard Woodie McDuffie has served as a manager with Interbulk since 1989, a manager with North Road Leasing since 2005, and an agent with Tankspan since 2016.

1. A Brief Overview of Transloading
in Shipping and Logistics

2. An accomplished shipping professional in Jackson, Mississippi,
Howard Woodie McDuffie has served as a manager with
Interbulk since 1989, a manager with North Road Leasing
since 2005, and an agent with Tankspan since 2016. Howard
Woodie McDuffie counts transloading among his areas of
industry expertise.

3. Transloading is a critical component
of intermodal shipping, which
involves freight movement across
multiple modes of transportation.
Shippers generally take an
intermodal approach when a single
transport is nearly impossible or
when using more than one
transport is more expensive than
using two or more.

4. Within the intermodal shipping model, transloading occurs
when shipping professionals transfer freight from one transport
mode to another. Because it is so common, freight transfer
from rail to truck is an excellent example of transloading. In this
case, transloading typically involves cargo movement from
railway car to semi-trailer with forklifts.

5. Other forms of transloading might
require additional equipment for
cargo transfer. For example,
operators might use a crane to move
large containers from a freighter ship
to an awaiting rail line.