2. With a bachelor's degree in
business from Mississippi College,
Howard Woodie McDuffie has
extensive experience in the
transportation industry. He
manages North Road Leasing, LLC,
and Interbulk, Inc. Howard Woodie
McDuffie is also the vice president
of KAG Logistics in North Canton,
Ohio, and is responsible for
transload development, sales, and
marketing.
3. Transloading refers to transferring goods from one transport mode to
another over the supply chain to the final destination. Though this can
happen through one company, especially the established global
logistics firms, most of the transloading occurs using multiple firms due
to the different modes of transit required, like road, rail, sea, and
freight.
4. The type of goods to be transloaded significantly determines the modes of transport to
use. Perishable goods like fish require fast delivery to preserve freshness. This involves
transport methods like refrigerated trucks from the picking point by road to the airport and
transloading to freight. Food like less perishable items like canned foods can work with
transloading between trucks and trains.
5. More standardized, economical, and less-
specialized transloading methods work for
nonperishable goods, with most transport
and logistics companies using rectangular
steel containers on trucks and trains. Other
items under nonperishables include building
materials and household goods.
6. The last type is the specialized type. This
transloading type works best for goods that
require special attention and equipment due
to safety or transferring complexity when
transloading. Examples include flammable
products, for example, gasoline, temperature-
sensitive goods like liquid purified gas, and
chemicals.
