The globalization of world economy has led to a constant decrease in the cost of transport. Nowadays many intermodal terminals are still managed without a pervasive support of information technologies: the terminal management highly relies on well-assessed policies, typical of each terminal, which have been defined by the managers on the basis of their experience. In most cases these policies are satisfactory since the terminals have sufficient resources in terms of tracks, equipment, human resources and they can support the current flows of freight. On the other hand, the growth of freight transport shows a rapidly increasing trend in the short and medium terms, which the current infrastructures and management tools cannot meet.