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International freight drives Q3 intermodal gains

Total intermodal volume in the third quarter increased 9.8% year over year as international containers gained 15.4% and domestic containers were 6% better.

Trailers fell 11%, according to the Intermodal Association of North America.

“International volume continued to be the growth engine in the third quarter,” said Joni Casey, president and chief executive of IANA, in a release. “We expect this strength to drive overall traffic through the end of the year.”

The seven highest-density trade...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/international-freight-drives-q3-intermodal-gains

CEO Joni Casey retiring after 27 years of leadership at IANA

Joni Casey, president and CEO of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), announced Wednesday that she will retire at the end of 2024 after 27 years of leadership at the organization.

The association’s board of directors has begun a search to identify Casey’s successor, IANA said in a news release, and aims to ensure a seamless transition and continuity of the organization’s mission.

“It has been a privilege and an incredible opportunity to witness and contribute to the evolution and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ceo-joni-casey-retiring-after-27-years-of-leadership-at-iana

California trucking’s AB5 options get a hearing at IANA; brokerage on top?

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Marc Blubaugh, the lead transportation attorney at the Benesch law firm, looked out over easily more than 1,000 people gathered for the annual meeting of the Intermodal Association for North America and told them something they might not have wanted to hear about California’s AB5 independent contractor law.

“If you came into this session thinking you’re going to hear the bulletproof compliance model, you’re going to be disappointed,” Blubaugh said.

Yet even if there was no...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-truckings-ab5-options-get-a-hearing-at-iana-brokerage-on-top

Parallel Systems’ autonomous rail initiative moving to the next phase

LONG BEACH, Calif. — With testing of its Mark 1 prototype complete, Parallel Systems has turned to building and testing the next iteration of its autonomous rail initiative.

And at the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) annual meeting here, Parallel CEO Mark Soule said the startup’s goal is not just to make existing rail capacity autonomous and battery-powered. It is to displace trucks on some short-haul to medium-haul lanes, with a particular focus on staying ahead of gains being...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/parallel-systems-autonomous-rail-initiative-moving-to-the-next-phase

Transport, logistics tread lightly as in-person conferences plot return

Through the winter and well into the spring, organizers of the North American Commercial Vehicle (NACV) show, the trucking industry’s largest, gave every indication it would return to the in-person stage in late September at Atlanta’s cavernous Georgia World Congress Center. That was until May 4, when Hannover Fairs USA and Newcom Media, the show’s co-organizers, canceled the event, citing a reluctance of truckers to travel and congregate indoors with more than 5,000 participants.

The show will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transport-logistics-tread-lightly-as-in-person-conferences-return

STB, IANA announce leadership appointments

A photograph of a train hauling intermodal containers.

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) and the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) announced appointments this week.

Surface Transportation Board gets new member

Robert Primus is officially a member of the Surface Transportation Board. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., officiated the swearing-in ceremony Thursday.

Primus was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Nov. 18. Another nominee, Michelle Schultz, is pending confirmation.

Primus most recently worked as chief of staff to...

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Management ‘by surprise’

Did you know that the U.S. rail industry had a chance to be the freight industry leader in offering customers a robust cargo tracking and shipment exception service?

Yes. Between 1992 and 1994, three of the largest Class I railroads were united with American President Lines and Amtech Logistics Corp. in a venture to capture car movement data and package it for their customers’ supply chain management needs. It would have provided “freight car location messaging” (CLM in railroading terminology)...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/management-by-surprise

FMCSA approves ‘performance-based’ chassis inspection training

Intermodal Association of America

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) this week approved an industry association’s application that will allow container chassis mechanics to qualify more efficiently to become equipment or brake inspectors.

The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) requested the FMSCA exemption to implement the chassis inspection training through a “performance-based” approach rather than time-based as prescribed by the federal government. 

The association’s training program is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-approves-performance-based-chassis-inspection-training