Who We Are / What We Do
Who We Are
Rail Logistics, LC is an asset based third-party logistics organization specializing in offering turn-key rail services to industries throughout North America.
What We Do
Since 1998, we have been providing industry throughout North America with turn-key rail services for both bulk and intermodal shipments. In addition to shipping commodities by rail, we offer our clients the opportunity to outsource their rail transportation departments. Some of our current outsourcing clients are coke producers, steel "mini mills", lead smelters, battery manufacturers, ductile iron pipe foundries, sugar beet processors, scrap metal recyclers, zinc oxide producers and environmental engineering companies. We are the largest single rail shipper of electric arc furnace dust (K061) in North America.
For companies who already have an in-house rail program, we provide transportation planning and optimization, supply chain logistics consulting and management, rail fleet management, railcar leasing, maintenance management, and specialized customer service.
Our Fleet Management Program (FMP)
- Provides in-depth logistics management for fleets of any size;
- Tracks a shipment from origin to destination and on to the next origin and;
- Offers a wide variety of display and report formats.
Our Rail Maintenance System
- Simultaneously tracks and audits repair shop expenses;
- Predicts future repair intervals;
- Performs queries on the repair history of individual railcars or entire fleets;
- Notifies customers in advance of important due dates, such as a tank test;
- Identifies the shop that meets the client's requirements with preferred hourly rates and;
- Assists in compliance with HAZMAT regulations.
Our Railcar Leasing Programs
- Full service operating lease;
- Net operating lease;
- Capital lease;
- Sale leaseback;
- Synthetic lease and;
- Per-diem.
Our Railcar Fleet Administration & Financial Services
- Turn-Key Rail Program which provides rates, routing, equipment, and management for shippers not wanting to own, lease, or operate rail fleets;
- Car tracking, tracing, and expediting of customers' owned or leased fleets;
- Mileage accounting;
- Ad valorem tax services;
- UMLER/OT-5 maintenance;
- Management reports;
- Freight and repair bill audit and payment service;
- Lease negotiations and;
- Lease payment review.
Our state of the art proprietary management systems allows customers to more efficiently manage their entire rail program resulting in reduced transportation costs.
Let us be your rail partner.