Every quarter IANA delivers a comprehensive review of the intermodal industry’s freight flows by equipment type and corridor in its Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics Report. Coupled with IMC loads and revenue numbers, as well as trucking industry results, this report offers invaluable insights into current intermodal market performance and examines key long term-trends. 

Join the experts from TTX Company: 

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

. . . as they discuss economic, import and industry results from the first half of 2018, and examine what the numbers mean and to help explain how you can use the Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics Report in your business today. 

With unemployment at record lows across the United States, employers need every advantage to gain, train, and retain skilled workers. Intermodal freight is no exception. The driver shortage is looming along with challenges to onboarding and keeping chassis mechanics and other ground personnel. 

Apprenticeship is a proven way to give your organization a leg up on building a skilled, retainable, and sustainable workforce. Join Rachel Rowe and Dave Harrison from FASTPORT, as they talk about how an apprenticeship program could help you differentiate your organization, improve retention, and reduce your overall labor costs. 

Moderator:

• Hal Pollard, Director of Education, IANA

Panelists:

• Rachel Rowe, J.D. Director, National Apprenticeship at FASTPORT
• Dave Harrison, Executive Director, National Apprenticeship at FASTPORT

IANA’s Intermodal Safety Committee will responsible for research, data collection, analysis, reporting and fostering the adoption of specific operational practices between intermodal transportation stakeholders to address issues relating to safety. IANA seeks to solidify its commitment to safety across the intermodal work environments through increased activities to identify, understand and prevent mishaps. What areas should IANA focus on moving forward? Join this webinar and help guide IANA’s safety agenda.

The Street Interchange Application provides a web-based portal to facilitate street interchange and street turn transactions for UIIA participants. The service is offered as a value added, no cost benefit to UIIA participants. The Street Interchange Application can assist with promoting better equipment utilization resulting in operational efficiencies for Motor Carriers performing street interchange and street turn transactions.

UIIA Motor Carriers are encouraged to join Information Services staff as they provide an overview of the features and functionalities of the Street Interchange Application.

IANA’s DVER service provides an efficient method for Motor Carriers to ensure that they receive a copy of any citations that are issued to their company during a roadside inspection via XML or e-mail. A web interface also allows companies to manage DVER documentation electronically.

Join Information Services staff as they provide an overview of the features and functionalities of the Driver Vehicle Examination Reporting Service.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the benefits of subscribing to IANA’s DVER program.

This webinar will walk through the features and functionalities of IANA’s Intermodal Driver Database program. The centralized database currently contains over 400,000 active drivers and is available to marine terminal operators via an efficient API web service.

Join Information Services staff as they provide an overview of how the Intermodal Driver Database can be used as an effective tool for confirming specific driver identification information for the purposes of intermodal facility access.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how the Intermodal Driver Database program can assist marine terminal operators with confirmation of driver identification information prior to facility access.

The Binding Arbitration Process offered under the UIIA program provides Motor Carrier and Equipment Provider participants an alternative option for resolution of invoice disputes without incurring the expensive costs associated with taking these types of claims to court.   

Join Information Services staff as they outline how to use the binding arbitration process and overview the following information:

• Identify types of charges that are acceptable for submission under the binding arbitration process
• Outline the steps necessary to submit a claim for binding arbitration
• Identify the types of supporting documentation that the involved parties should include when submitting a specific type of claim
• Provide an overview of how to utilize prior arbitration case decisions as a reference for current disputes.
• Review the timelines under the binding arbitration process

Moderator:  

Debbie Sasko, AVP Information Services

Participant:

Sherry Parnell, Program Manager Information Services

This service provides a web-based portal to facilitate street interchange and street turn transactions for UIIA participants. The Street Interchange Application is offered as a value added, no cost benefit to UIIA participants.

UIIA Equipment Providers are encouraged to join Information Services staff as they provide an overview of the features and functionalities of the Street Interchange Application.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how the Street Interchange Application can assist with promoting better equipment utilization by having an efficient process for Motor Carriers to perform street interchange and street turn transactions.

Every quarter IANA delivers a comprehensive review of the intermodal freight industry by business volumes in its Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics Report. Join TTX Company representatives as they discuss the end-of year financial results for 2017, examine what the numbers mean, identify where the data comes from, and explain how you can use the Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics Report in your business today.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain what the numbers mean and how to use the Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics Report
• Identify where the raw data comes from (ETSO)
• Examine IMTS 2017 end-of-year results
• Discuss emerging/ongoing issue highlight (focus TBD, based on results)

Panelists:

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

IANA has recently completed the redesign of the UIIA public website (www.uiia.org) as part of its rebranding exercise. The newly designed website will provide a fresh new look that includes all new logos as well as quick and easy access to the pertinent information users are looking for. In the addition to the UIIA program, the website will now also highlight in more detail the other services that IANA offers under its suite of Information Services.

Insurance Agents are encouraged to join us for a webinar to walk you through the new website to ensure you are comfortable navigating the site prior to it being released on January, 15, 2018. Please note all design changes relate solely to the UIIA public pages only. There have been no changes once logged into the UIIA application.

Learning Objective:

• Provide an overview of the newly designed UIIA website

IANA has recently completed the redesign of the UIIA public website (www.uiia.org) as part of its rebranding exercise. The newly designed website will provide a fresh new look that includes all new logos as well as quick and easy access to the pertinent information users are looking for. In the addition to the UIIA program, the website will now also highlight in more detail the other services that IANA offers under its suite of Information Services.

UIIA EP participants are encouraged to join us for a webinar to walk you through the new website to ensure you are comfortable navigating the site prior to it being released on January, 15, 2018. Please note all design changes relate solely to the UIIA public pages only. There have been no changes once logged into the UIIA application.

Learning Objective:

• Provide an overview of the newly designed UIIA website

IANA has recently completed the redesign of the UIIA public website (www.uiia.org) as part of its rebranding exercise. The newly designed website will provide a fresh new look that includes all new logos as well as quick and easy access to the pertinent information users are looking for. In the addition to the UIIA program, the website will now also highlight in more detail the other services that IANA offers under its suite of Information Services.

UIIA Motor Carrier participants are encouraged to join us for a webinar to walk you through the new website to ensure you are comfortable navigating the site prior to it being released on January, 15, 2018. Please note all design changes relate solely to the UIIA public pages only. There have been no changes once logged into the UIIA application.

Learning Objective:

• Provide an overview of the newly designed UIIA website

The Driver Vehicle Inspection Report, or DVIR, submission process is fast and easy and offers a simple way to identify damages at the in-gate so the equipment can be inspected and repaired. It also is a regulatory requirement. Unfortunately, in practice, very few of actual damages are reported by drivers on DVIRs.

The FMCSA joins IANA’s Intermodal Chassis Driver Vehicle Inspection Reporting Standards Task Force to discuss the role that DVIRs play in improving road-ready intermodal equipment, the consequences of not completing them, examine common misconceptions, and review results of the driver study, video and informational card the task force has developed to improve driver awareness.

Learning objectives:

• Review results of the DVIR driver study conducted by IANA
• Discuss the role DVIRs play in improving road ready intermodal equipment
• Examine common misconceptions about DVIRs
• Review IANA developed tools to improve driver awareness
• Discuss how to engage drivers and increase DVIR submission

IANA’s Bad Order Equipment Status Service — BOES — provides a clearinghouse for equipment status information (bad order, gate hold, release) that allows for standardization of data communication formats, simplification of operating system interconnectivity and streamlining of trading partner information for all subscribers related to bad order equipment. This webinar will walk IEPs, Facility Operators and Maintenance and Repair Vendors through the features and functionalities of the BOES application to show how it can be used as an industry tool for ensuring a road ready chassis.

IANA’s Bad Order Equipment Status Service — BOES — provides a clearinghouse for equipment status information (bad order, gate hold, release) that allows for standardization of data communication formats, simplification of operating system interconnectivity and streamlining of trading partner information for all subscribers related to bad order equipment. The Global Intermodal Equipment Registry — GIER — offers a virtual technology solution to meet the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations requiring the identification of intermodal equipment and the intermodal equipment provider responsible for maintenance and repair of that equipment. This webinar will provide attendees with an overview of recent enhancements to both of these programs.