Taylor Logistics provides transloading and cross-dock services in Greater Cincinnati — rail-to-truck transfers, truck-to-truck cross-docks, container drayage, and floor-load to pallet conversion. Operations run from two SQF-certified, FDA-registered public warehouses adjacent to CSX and Norfolk Southern rail. Outbound moves on Taylor Distributing's local Cincinnati fleet — same-day quotes via 513-771-1850.
Four ways freight moves through Cincinnati.
Rail, container, truck-to-truck, or floor-load — same building, same team, same SQF + FDA discipline. Most transfers turn the same business day.
Container drayage in Cincinnati — through our sibling company.
Cincinnati container drayage is run by our sibling company, Taylor Distributing Co. Same family ownership, same operating standards — purpose-built for port and rail container moves into and out of Greater Cincinnati and the broader Ohio Valley.
Cincinnati container drayage
Container pickup from rail ramps and inland ports, dray to Taylor warehouses for transload or cross-dock, and outbound dray to local consignees. One coordinated flow — drayage, transload, warehousing, and outbound brokerage all under one family of companies.
- Rail-ramp pickups (CSX, NS, BNSF interchange)
- Port and inland-port container drayage
- Live unloads, drop-and-hook, and pool flows
- Chassis management + container yard support
- Integrated handoff to Taylor warehousing + transload
Built where rail, road, and air converge.
Greater Cincinnati sits at the intersection of two Class I railroads, three interstates, the DHL global air hub, and the largest inland port in the U.S. — and Taylor's transload facilities are minutes from all four.
CSX · Norfolk Southern
Both Class I networks within minutes of Taylor's transload facilities.
I-75 · I-71 · I-275
Direct interstate connections — 70% of the U.S. population in a one-day truck route.
CVG cargo airport
DHL Global Super Hub and Amazon Prime Air — overnight air freight in and out of Cincinnati.
Largest inland port
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky is the largest inland port in the U.S. by tonnage.
Taylor Distributing
Sibling company providing local fleet, drayage, and Cincinnati-metro delivery.
SQF + FDA
Both Taylor public warehouses are food-grade — clean, controlled, and audited.
From rail car or trailer to outbound — in hours, not days.
A standard transload runs in five steps. Most freight is in and out the same business day.
Who uses Cincinnati transload & cross-dock?
Six common scenarios where Taylor's transload and cross-dock service replaces a slower or more expensive supply-chain step.
Import containers
Ocean containers from East and West Coast ports unloaded at Cincinnati rail ramps — transloaded to dry van for Midwest distribution.
Rail to LTL
Bulk rail-car freight broken down to LTL pool shipments — saves transit time and reduces single-customer truckload cost.
Floor-load to pallet
Convert floor-loaded inbound (rail or ocean) to palletized outbound for retailer compliance and dock-friendly handling.
Pool distribution
Inbound truckload deconsolidated and re-staged onto multiple outbound trailers for regional pool runs.
Food-grade transfers
SQF-certified handling for shelf-stable food and ingredient transfers — lot tracking, FEFO, recall traceability.
Same-day cross-dock
Trailer in, trailer out the same shift — for time-sensitive retail and CPG flows.
Transloading questions, answered.
The fast facts on transloading, cross-docking, and how Taylor handles both in Cincinnati.
Got freight to move?
Send a lane, a container number, or a rail BOL. We come back the same business day with a transload or cross-dock quote.