Shipping from Kansas City
Kansas City, MO freight rates Home of the 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals, this Midwestern city boasts one of the premier transportation and logistics networks in the country. Kansas City is the largest rail center in the U.S. by tonnage, thanks to its central location and a rail corridor that spans coast-to-coast and border-to-border. The city has the most freeway lane miles per capita of any city in the U.S. and is one of only five cities intersected by four interstate highways (I-35, I-70, I-29, I-49). The area moves more air cargo in a six-state area than any region in the U.S., and ranks as the No. 3 trucking center with single-day truck access to nearly every major Midwestern market. Add in the most Foreign Trade Zone space in the U.S., the most climate-controlled underground warehouse space and two intermodal logistics parks, and businesses have all they need to move freight in and out of this world-class shipping environment.
Shipping to Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA freight rates Known for the Liberty Bell, cheesesteaks, and for being the hometown of Rocky Balboa, Philadelphia is also a major shipping port. As part of the busy northeastern sector of the country, the City of Brotherly Love provides many shipping options. With great international port access, intermodal rail lines and an abundance of truckload freight, shipping to and from Philadelphia is very affordable. The Port of Philadelphia has seven terminals along the Delaware River that handle everything from vast shipments of cocoa beans to automobiles to steel and forestry products. Each terminal has easy access to I-95 and I-76. There are more than 300 trucking companies in the region with a combined 15,000 trucks, and the city is served by two Class I railroads.
