Freight forwarders and logistics operators establish consolidation centers as key network nodes where shipments from multiple shippers are received, sorted, and assembled into intermodal transport units (containers, trailers, rail cars) before being routed to the most cost-effective or time-efficient transport mode—truck, rail, inland barge, or ocean.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport
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