Union Pacific Launches New Carload Solutions Group

The new Carload Solutions Group combines the carrier's OnePlus Transload Services with its Rail Shipment Management Business Departments. According to the railroad, its aim is to support shipper supply chain requirements, including “transload management, forward inventory management an distribution, rail shipment management, in-transit visibility (including inventory), logistics network design, forecast management, outsourced carload transportation management, transportation systems integration, enterprise resource planning and private rail asset management.”

“For years, Union Pacific Distribution Services has been the industry leader in providing both transloading and logistics solutions to carload shippers,” says Beth Whited, president of the Union Pacific subsidiary. “Combining multiple product offerings into a single business unit affords us the opportunity to add a higher level of customized logistics services for our customers.”