WHAT WE DO
We make shipping simple, no matter how many modes are involved.
We work with all transportation modes to bring you greater capacity and lower costs.
We succeed with excellent customer service, expertise, and diligence.
Metropolitan Logistics Services provides a comprehensive suite of transportation logistics solutions for a wide range of industries. We work with trucking, railroad, and marine transportation carriers to optimize the economy and capacity to haul freight. We look to utilize the nation’s extensive inland waterway and canal systems for maritime transportation, class I, II, & III railroads, and trucks of all types, coordinating the process end-to-end including the use of transloading terminals and multi-modal movements. MLS provides a seamless, transparent, and simplified process to meet any capacity needs with ease, whether the movement occurs on a single mode or over several modes and transshipments.
SERVICES
TRUCKING
Highly versatile. Fast. Goes everywhere on land. Used to transport 75% of the nation's freight. We work with trusted carriers with all types of equipment.
MARINE
The most capacity. The most economy. Its not even close. Working with a number of marine towing companies using the nation's vast inland and coastal waterway network, as well as ports & private terminals, we coordinate the entire movement, letting your business tap into the potentially tremendous benefits of maritime transportation with the same ease as OTR.
RAILROAD
Optimal choice for long hauls for many lanes. More economical. Greater capacity. We work with all types of railroad equipment and all classes of railroads, from Class Is to shortlines, giving you access to the nation's entire rail network.
INTERMODAL
Optimizing the benefits of each type of transportation, we coordinate with all modes to deliver the desired economy, speed, and reliability. Intermodal is often used to describe shipping containers, but we also work between modes with all types of freight, including project cargoes, bulk, and break bulk.
