Built in Chicago. Trusted since 1998.
Two and a half decades hauling ocean containers through the busiest rail gateway in North America — and we're just getting faster.
From one truck to a fleet the Midwest relies on.
Chicago Intermodal Trucking opened its doors in 1998 with a simple conviction: containers move best when one carrier owns the whole job — the truck, the chassis, and the yard. While others chased every freight type at once, we built our reputation on what Chicago does better than anywhere on earth: inland intermodal rail drayage.
That focus compounded. Year after year we added chassis, opened yards, and earned standing appointments at every Class I ramp in the region. Today we're a mid-size carrier with the equipment depth and terminal access of operators many times our size — and the responsiveness of a team that still picks up the phone.
We've moved through fuel spikes, port congestion, chassis shortages, and a pandemic. Through all of it, our customers kept their containers moving. That track record is the company.
25+ years of moving containers
CIT launches as a dedicated container drayage carrier serving Chicago's rail terminals.
We invest in our own chassis pool, ending the daily scramble for equipment that slows other carriers down.
Secured, gated yards open across Chicagoland, unlocking large-scale pre-pull and storage capacity.
Through historic congestion and chassis shortages, CIT keeps customer freight moving when capacity vanished industry-wide.
We roll out a customer portal delivering live container status and terminal milestones to every customer — shippers, forwarders, and brokers.
25 trucks, 120 chassis, secured drop yards, and every Chicago ramp covered daily — built for the 2026 peak and beyond.
How we earn the next load
Ownership
Asset-based from the chassis up. When we commit to a move, we control the equipment to deliver it.
Reliability
Standing terminal appointments, disciplined dispatch, and pre-pull discipline that protects your free time.
Transparency
Live status and proactive updates. You should never have to ask where your container is.
Relationships
Many of our customers have shipped with us for over a decade. We grow by keeping them, not churning them.
Security
Gated, fenced, lit, and monitored yards. Your freight is protected the entire time it's in our hands.
Focus
Inland intermodal rail drayage is our specialty — with transload and partner carriers for flatbed, dry van, and reefer.
Our name is on the door.
The trucks and the chassis are ours. When a CIT tractor shows up at the ramp it carries our name and our authority numbers, and the accountability for that container stops with us.
- Company tractors and company chassis — not a brokered network
- Authorized motor carrier, federally registered, fully insured
- A dispatch team that answers the phone
Authorized motor carrier
Federally registered
Cargo & liability coverage
Intermodal interchange ready
Put 25 years of Chicago drayage to work.
Tell us about your lanes and volumes — we'll show you what dependable capacity looks like.