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Are Intermodal Centers the Driver Shortage Solution?

MIAMI—With no end in sight to truck driver shortages, a CBRE report is making some predictions about markets in intermodal pathways. Do you agree?

By Jennifer LeClaire | Updated on November 21, 2014

MIAMI—The ongoing evolution of supply chains is a key driver in the US industrial real estate market expansion. Businesses are looking to distribute goods across the country as quickly and efficiently as possible, but are faced with a nationwide shortage of truck drivers that poses a risk to existing distribution chain strategies.

Of course trucking plays a large role in the distribution of goods across a supply chain. But a new CBRE report also points to higher costs stemming from the truck driver shortage as a factor pushing users to turn to other land transport means, such as rail.

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