Schneider National, Inc. traces its beginnings to 1935, when Al Schneider sold the family car to buy a single truck in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gradually expanding from a local hauler into a multistate carrier and, later, a diversified logistics enterprise. The company’s identity took shape over decades as it added terminals, broadened service offerings, and formalized a platform that serves manufacturers, retailers, and industrial shippers across North America. This long arc—from one-truck startup to scaled operator—remains the core narrative of the brand’s history.
Its operations are organized around three complementary lines of business: Truckload, Intermodal, and Logistics. Truckload covers dry van and specialized services across regional, long-haul, dedicated, expedited, refrigerated, flatbed, and bulk. Intermodal combines rail partnerships with drayage to move containers between ramps and customer facilities, while Logistics provides brokerage and transportation management that tap a large network of third-party carriers. Together, these segments allow shippers to match freight characteristics to mode and capacity within a single provider.
Schneider’s geographic footprint centers on the United States with reach into Canada and Mexico, supported by cross-border capabilities that connect key markets via engineered lanes and 24/7 operations at gateway hubs such as Laredo, Texas. Intermodal services extend that coverage by linking rail corridors with port drayage and truckload pickup and delivery, enabling end-to-end moves across inland and coastal networks. The result is a network designed around predictable transit times, visibility, and coordination across modes.