Container drayage that moves the Midwest.
For more than 25 years, Chicago Intermodal Trucking has pulled ocean containers from every Class I rail terminal in Chicagoland — backed by our own 25 trucks, 120 chassis and secured drop yards. Reliable capacity when the market gets tight.
A mid-size carrier with big-fleet muscle.
Chicago Intermodal Trucking is a Chicagoland-based drayage specialist. We are large enough to surge for your peak season and lean enough that dispatch knows your freight by name. Inland intermodal rail drayage is our specialty — and through transload and our partner-carrier network, we can also move your flatbed, dry van, and reefer freight when you need it.
- Asset-based fleet — company trucks, company chassis, company yards
- Every Class I rail ramp in the Chicago gateway covered daily
- Pre-pull and storage capacity that beats last-free-day pressure
- Live shipment visibility through our customer portal
Full-cycle container drayage
From the moment your box hits the ramp to the empty return — one carrier, one point of accountability.
Intermodal Drayage
Rail-to-door and door-to-rail moves for import and export ocean containers across the Chicago terminal network.
Learn morePre-Pull & Yard Staging
We pull boxes early off the rail and stage them in our yards — protecting you from per-diem, demurrage, and last-free-day exposure.
Learn moreSecured Drop Yards
Gated, lit, keypad-controlled yards across Chicagoland for container staging, trailer parking, and yard storage.
Learn moreTransload & Cross-Dock
Floor-load to palletized, container to trailer, or container to warehouse — we move freight between modes fast.
Learn moreExpedited & Hot Loads
Time-critical containers and same-day recoveries handled with priority dispatch and proactive communication.
Learn moreReal-Time Visibility
Customers — shippers, forwarders, and brokers alike — track container status, terminal milestones, and appointments through our online portal.
Open portal
Secured yards. Zero last-free-day panic.
When ramps congest and free time runs out, capacity is everything. Roughly 90% of our moves are pre-pulls — we recover your container early and stage it safely in one of our yards until you're ready for delivery.
- Gated entry with keypad access control
- Full perimeter fencing, floodlit around the clock
- Camera surveillance and secured container & trailer storage
- Positioned to cut turn times across the Chicago ramps
Every Chicago rail ramp. One carrier.
Chicago is the only city in North America where all Class I railroads meet — and where we've built our reputation. We run the region's major intermodal terminals daily.
Our chassis. Our control.
Equipment availability is the difference between a load that moves and a load that waits. We run our own pool of 120 chassis — 40' goosenecks and 20' triaxles — so your container never sits because a chassis couldn't be found.
- 40' gooseneck chassis for standard ocean containers
- 20' triaxle chassis for heavy-weight import boxes
- Owned, maintained, and inspected in-house
- Staged across our yards for fast deployment
Need a container moved in Chicago?
Send us the terminal, container number, and delivery zip — we'll come back with a rate and a plan. Our dispatch team responds fast.