Global Intermodal Freight Transportation Market 2025-2029

Global Intermodal Freight Transportation Market 2024-2028

The intermodal freight transportation market is forecasted to grow by USD 62 bn during 2023-2028, accelerating at a CAGR of 6.88% during the forecast period. The report on the intermodal freight transportation market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors.

The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The market is driven by reduced freight transportation costs with intermodal services, ease in management of supply chain with intermodal services, and increasing free trade agreements.

Technavio's intermodal freight transportation market is segmented as below:

By Mode Of Transportation

  • Rail transport
  • Road transport
  • Sea transport
By Product
  • Minerals and ores
  • Food and farm products
  • Equipment and instruments
  • Chemicals
  • Others
By Geographical Landscape
  • North America
  • Europe
  • APAC
  • Middle East and Africa
  • South America
This study identifies the growing popularity of multimodal transportation as one of the prime reasons driving the intermodal freight transportation market growth during the next few years. Also, rising popularity of geospatial intermodal freight transportation and increasing use of electronic logging devices will lead to sizable demand in the market.

The report on the intermodal freight transportation market covers the following areas:
  • Intermodal freight transportation market sizing
  • Intermodal freight transportation market forecast
  • Intermodal freight transportation market industry analysis
The robust vendor analysis is designed to help clients improve their market position, and in line with this, this report provides a detailed analysis of several leading intermodal freight transportation market vendors that include AP Moller Maersk AS, BDP International Inc., C H Robinson Worldwide Inc., Convoy Inc., CSX Corp., Deutsche Bahn AG, Deutsche Post AG, Elemica Inc., Hapag Lloyd AG, J B Hunt Transport Services Inc., Koerber AG, Kuehne Nagel Management AG, Lynden Inc., MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD., Trimble Inc., Uber Technologies Inc., United Parcel Service Inc., WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP., WiseTech Global Ltd., and XPO Inc.. Also, the intermodal freight transportation market analysis report includes information on upcoming trends and challenges that will influence market growth. This is to help companies strategize and leverage all forthcoming growth opportunities.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to an analysis of the key vendors.

The publisher presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources by an analysis of key parameters such as profit, pricing, competition, and promotions. It presents various market facets by identifying the key industry influencers. The data presented is comprehensive, reliable, and a result of extensive research - both primary and secondary. The market research reports provide a complete competitive landscape and an in-depth vendor selection methodology and analysis using qualitative and quantitative research to forecast the accurate market growth.


  • Executive Summary
    • Market overview
      • Table Executive Summary - Data Table on Market Overview
      • Table Executive Summary - Data Table on Incremental Growth
  • Technavio Analysis
    • Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
    • Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
    • Factors of disruption
    • Impact of drivers and challenges
  • Market Landscape
    • Market ecosystem
      • Table Data Table on - Parent Market
    • Market characteristics
    • Value chain analysis
  • Market Sizing
    • Market definition
    • Market segment analysis
    • Market size 2024
    • Market outlook: Forecast for 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Global - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
  • Historic Market Size
    • Global Intermodal Freight Transportation Market 2019 - 2023
      • Table Historic Market Size - Data Table on Global Intermodal Freight Transportation Market 2019 – 2023 ($ billion)
    • Mode of Transportation segment analysis 2019 - 2023
    • Product segment analysis 2019 - 2023
    • Geography segment analysis 2019 - 2023
    • Country segment analysis 2019 - 2023
  • Qualitative Analysis
    • Impact of AI on Global Intermodal Freight Transportation Market
  • Five Forces Analysis
    • Five forces summary
    • Bargaining power of buyers
    • Bargaining power of suppliers
    • Threat of new entrants
    • Threat of substitutes
    • Threat of rivalry
    • Market condition
  • Market Segmentation by Mode of Transportation
    • Market segments
      • Table Data Table on Mode of Transportation - Market share 2024-2029 (%)
    • Comparison by Mode of Transportation
      • Table Data Table on Comparison by Mode of Transportation
    • Rail transport - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Rail transport - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Rail transport - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Road transport - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Road transport - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Road transport - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Sea transport - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Sea transport - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Sea transport - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Market opportunity by Mode of Transportation
      • Table Data Table on Market opportunity by Mode of Transportation ($ billion)
  • Market Segmentation by Product
    • Market segments
      • Table Data Table on Product - Market share 2024-2029 (%)
    • Comparison by Product
      • Table Data Table on Comparison by Product
    • Minerals and ores - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Minerals and ores - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Minerals and ores - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Food and farm products - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Food and farm products - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Food and farm products - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Equipment and instruments - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Equipment and instruments - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Equipment and instruments - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Chemicals - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Chemicals - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Chemicals - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Others - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Others - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Others - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Market opportunity by Product
      • Table Data Table on Market opportunity by Product ($ billion)
  • Customer Landscape
    • Customer landscape overview
  • Geographic Landscape
    • Geographic segmentation
      • Table Data Table on Market share by geography 2024-2029 (%)
    • Geographic comparison
      • Table Data Table on Geographic comparison
    • North America - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on North America - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on North America - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Europe - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Europe - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • APAC - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on APAC - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • South America - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on South America - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on South America - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • US - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on US - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on US - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • China - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on China - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on China - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Canada - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Canada - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Canada - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Germany - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Germany - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • UK - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on UK - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on UK - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • India - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on India - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on India - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • France - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on France - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on France - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Italy - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Italy - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Italy - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Japan - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Japan - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • South Korea - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on South Korea - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on South Korea - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Market opportunity by geography
      • Table Data Tables on Market opportunity by geography ($ billion)
  • Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunity/Restraints
    • Market drivers
      • Reduced freight transportation costs with intermodal services
      • Ease in management of supply chain with intermodal services
      • Increasing free trade agreements
    • Market challenges
      • High infrastructure costs
      • High flow of empty containers
      • Rising popularity of nearshoring
    • Impact of drivers and challenges
    • Market opportunities/restraints
      • Growing popularity of multimodal transportation
      • Growing popularity of geospatial intermodal freight transportation
      • Increasing use of electronic logging devices
  • Competitive Landscape
    • Overview
    • Competitive Landscape
    • Landscape disruption
    • Industry risks
  • Competitive Analysis
    • Companies profiled
    • Company ranking index
    • Market positioning of companies
    • AP Moller Maersk AS
    • C H Robinson Worldwide Inc.
    • Convoy Inc.
    • Deutsche Bahn AG
    • Deutsche Post AG
    • Elemica Inc.
    • Hapag Lloyd AG
    • J B Hunt Transport Services Inc.
    • Koerber AG
    • Kuehne Nagel Management AG
    • Lynden Inc.
    • Trimble Inc.
    • Uber Technologies Inc.
    • United Parcel Service Inc.
    • XPO Inc.
  • Appendix
    • Scope of the report
      • Market definition
      • Objectives
      • Notes and caveats
    • Inclusions and exclusions checklist
    • Currency conversion rates for US$
    • Research methodology
    • Data procurement
    • Data validation
    • Validation techniques employed for market sizing
    • Data synthesis
    • 360 degree market analysis
    • List of abbreviations

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