Technology is the hot topic across the intermodal supply chain. Artificial intelligence and blockchain have all captured the imagination—but are they offering practical gains? Smart equipment, by contrast, is driving both the imagination and real operational gains for intermodal. From asset location to security, from asset health to utilization, intermodal is starting to benefit from an explosion of technological advances. How is smart equipment creating value and improving operations? Join our experts from Matson Logistics and BlackBerry as we discuss how asset intelligence can help improve operations and drive efficiencies.

Speakers

• Keith Crenshaw, AVP – Procurement & Pricing, Matson Logistics
• Christopher Plaat, SVP & GM, BlackBerry Radar

What is your safety culture? The FMCSA wants to know. Steve Bryan has been the voice of CSA reform in the trucking industry since 2008, and has spent the past two years working with experts to understand the Item Response Theory (IRT) methodology the FMCSA has announced they will finalize next year. Join him as he discusses the ways implementation of this will eradicate severity weights, time weights, CSA points, BASIC measures and safety event groups in favor of creating a single CSA Safety Culture Score to represent a carrier’s overall safety culture – and what you can do now to prepare.

Speaker

• Steve Bryan, Executive Vice President & General Manager, SambaSafety Transportation

Attend this session and connect with Future Leaders and Mentors and learn about their experiences with the program and participate in planning future 2019 events.

Additionally, there will be a special interview segment featuring two IANA Board members. Doug Hoehn, executive vice president, Milestone Equipment Holdings and Shelli Austin, president, Intek Freight & Logistics, Inc., will be interviewed by Trevor Ash, vice president, Sales & Marketing, CIMC Intermodal Equipment, and himself a Future Intermodal Leader, to learn about their careers and what they have learned over the years.

Where do we stand as we begin 2019?

Join our experts from TTX Company on February 19, 2019 at 2:00pm ET as we discuss intermodal’s end-of year results for 2018. We will also examine the larger economy, intermodal trends, and offer insight into what to watch for in 2019.

IANA collects a unique data set of the intermodal industry’s freight flows by equipment type and corridor, coupled with IMC loads and revenue numbers, as well as trucking industry results. This data, delivered quarterly to IANA members in the Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics Report, delivers invaluable insights into current intermodal market performance and key long term-trends. Learn how you can put this vital business intelligence to work in your business.

Our TTX Company experts:

• Pat Casey, Vice President of Fleet Management 
• Peter Wolff, Director of Market Development
• John Woodcock, Director of Market Development

Join UIIA Staff for an overview of the notification process available within the UIIA application that provides an easy and efficient method for UIIA EPs to notify Motor Carriers of outstanding interchanged equipment. This webinar will show how UIIA Equipment Providers can take advantage of this feature to assist in reducing unnecessary per diem billings and also help Equipment Providers reconcile their equipment inventory.

Learning Objective:

• Provide an overview of outstanding interchanged equipment notification feature available to UIIA EPs within the UIIA application.

A great deal of attention has been paid to long-haul trucking as the flash point for alternative fuel source power units of the future. However, in many ways, short-haul dray and intermodal fleets are much more natural applications for alternative-powered trucks. How does compressed natural gas stack up to diesel and other alternative fuels? Join our expert panel as they discuss the basics of compressed natural gas, the fueling infrastructure, potential for reduced emissions and cost savings and grant funding availability.

Panel:

• Eric Bippus, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Agility Fuel Solutions
• Jason Lewis, Senior Market Advisor, Clean Transportation, Southern California Gas Company
• Greg Roche, Vice President, Clean Energy Fuels
• Tom Swenson, Business Development Manager, Cummins-Westport