subject: Freight Industry Hits Patch of Smooth Road [print this page] Naturally, Intermodal has been a direction as of late, and those who consider this may possibly limit most of the industrys improvement outlook of close to 7% or 10% by the end of the year, especially in ltl. At the moment, it has around 14 percent of the total freight sector, despite the fact that it accounts for only 4 % of enclosed trailer deliveries. The truckload demand must not necessarily be affected by simply Intermodal.