Transloading Division

No matter how complex your supply chain, Weber Distribution, a leading provider of warehousing, distribution, and transportation services for more than 80 years, delivers the capacity and flexible logistics options that you need.

Weber Distribution's Transload Services address four major concerns: supply chain flexibility, speed, reliability and cost management.

Transloading Defined
Transloading is the practice of handling freight directly from one mode of transportation (inbound) into another mode of transportation (outbound). These modes can include any combination of rail, ocean, truck or air. The freight does not enter a warehousing inventory, but is rather a "rolling inventory" of goods "in transit."

• Greater supply-chain responsiveness
• Reduced operating costs
• Reduced inventory levels
• Increased throughput
• Reduced product obsolescence
• Reduced product damages
• Reduced transit times
• Faster time to market
• Improved cash flow

• Port Congestion
• Interrupted Rail Service
• Import/Export Container Imbalance, resulting in the need to return empty containers back to the port of entry
• Increased Intermodal Rates to move containers across the U.S.

Ocean Container Transloading
Consumers continue to maintain an insatiable appetite for imported goods. In fact, the twin Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach remain the nations' two busiest sea ports. Weber Distribution operates transload facilities in close proximity to all major West-Coast Sea Ports making Weber a natural choice for importers customers. We operate distribution centers strategically located just minutes from the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego, and the Pacific Northwest.

Services
Ocean Container Transloading covers the movement of the cargo from the ocean container into domestic trailers so that you can take advantage of the long haul economies of ocean transport and the flexibility, reliability, and consolidation of road transportation.

• Importers who take possession of their cargo as soon as it reaches port are able to secure more favorable rates from carriers.
• By transloading the cargo from an international container to a domestic trailer on the West Coast, an importer can postpone the designation of the destination point until a week before delivery.

Process
It is typical for international ocean cargo to be transloaded from the ocean container into a domestic trailer for movement by truck or rail. Most common is a transload with some distribution; not a 'one-to-one' relationship or 'true' transload. The transload function done near the ports is a pre-distribution function. For example, an ocean container is unloaded and reconsolidated for several destinations. The import container is sorted by SKU's or destinations at the time of unloading and then the cargo is placed into staging lanes for the various outbound destinations. The cargo is then shipped within hours

1. Pick up of the container at the Port by Weber Transportation
2. Floor unloading of container at the Weber Distribution transload center
3. Segregation and reloading of product into outbound Weber Trailers (same day)
4. Departure of outbound Weber trailer to destination (same day departure)
5. Return of the empty container back to the port

Rail Transloading
Moving product from a domestic manufacturing facility to the West Coast via rail remains the most economically desirable form of transportation.

Weber Distribution operates transload facilities with direct rail access (BNSF and UP) and in close proximity to the rail yards.

Service
Rail transloading covers a rail car or intermodal trailer movement of the cargo from the rail car or intermodal equipment into domestic trailers so that you can take advantage of the long haul economies of rail transportation and the flexibility of road transportation.

1. Arrival of rail car directly to Weber Transload facility (or Pick up of the intermodal container(trailer) at the rail yard by Weber Transportation)
2. Unloading of rail car or container (trailer) at the Weber Distribution transload center
3. Segregation and reloading of product into outbound Weber Trailers (same day)
4. Departure of outbound Weber trailer to destination (same day departure)
5. Notification to rail line that rail car has been unloaded (or return of the empty container (trailer) back to the port or rail yard)

• In-House transportation to and from the ports and rail yards
• Flexibility and labor resources to accommodate even the highest volume needs 24/7
• Time-defined appointments to enhance outbound efficiency
• Reliable outbound delivery

• Privately held and asset based
• Strategic transload facility locations, located close to major ports and direct rail line access
• Direct rail access ("BNSF Premier Transload Provider")

• Inbound Logistics' Top 100 3PLs
• Logistics Management's Top 50 3PLs
• Los Angeles Business Journal's Top 100 Privately Held Companies

Supported by Accurate & Real-Time Information
Weber has created a robust and flexible Transportation Management System (TMS). Our team of transportation professionals utilizes the system as the operational execution platform for transport order entry, load building, optimization, load tendering, tracking and tracing, and financial settlements. This provides a powerful tool for load-planning in order to ensure the lowest possible transportation costs, while assuring that equipment is available and scheduled to meet all our customers' RAD requirements. Our integrated system of GPS location data is streamed from each truck into Cloudberry® mapping software. Shipment data is visible to our customers through our website via our TRACKER® customer tracking and tracing interface