A compendium of important information on a variety of intermodal-related topics and links to freight transportation trade associations, organizations and institutions.
Industry Tools
Telematics for M&R Checklists
The Telematics for M&R Applications Task Force developed two checklists to assist companies with decisions regarding telematics solutions and the implementation of telematics for maintenance and repair. The Telematics Features and Benefits checklist highlights telematics options for various equipment categories. The Telematics Deployment Preparation checklist provides information on what companies should think about as they prepare to deploy telematics solutions.
Intermodal Facility Safety Handbook
This Handbook project was initiated by IANA’s Intermodal Safety Committee to develop a common set of safety recommendations, drawn from Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines, to assist intermodal facility operators for improving safety.
Driver Experience at Intermodal Facilities Task Force Report
The Driver Experience at Intermodal Facilities Task Force’s charter was to understand the positives aspects and the challenges of the driver’s experience at intermodal terminals. Having more knowledge from a driver’s perspective on the variables impacting their experience, in conjunction with terminal transactional data, can help to understand what is happening on the ground and increase driver efficiency and capacity, cargo velocity, and terminal throughput and safety.
The Task Force’s final presentation, including conclusions and recommendations, is available for review.
Roadside Service Reference Guide
This webpage acts as a quick reference guide, containing roadside service documentation, links to various roadside service websites, and specific business rules pertaining to IEPs within the industry. With this central source, IANA hopes to further assist the Motor Carrier community in reducing the impact on both vehicles and drivers when equipment incidents occur.
Driver Vehicle Inspection Reporting Video and Information Card
The Intermodal Chassis Driver Vehicle Inspection Reporting Standards Task Force has developed a video, The Truth About DVIRs: The Key to Road Ready Equipment, and an information card, to reinforce the importance of reporting equipment defects, the ease of submitting DVIRs, to debunk some of the “myths” surrounding DVIRs, and to foster cooperation and collaboration among drivers, IEPs, facility operators, gate personnel and other stakeholders.
DRIVER’S INSPECTION GUIDE
The Wheel End Task Force has produced a Driver Awareness card to help identify wheel end roll-offs and wheel end separations.
The Driver’s Inspection Guide is available for your download. The Guide was designed in two formats. An 8½ x 11 sheet and a trifold. This is not an all-inclusive document, but does focus on the most common and critical indicators for driver awareness. Inspection items were placed in order from the outside of the wheel working inward. It was designed with bullet points to minimize the amount of reading.
Standard industry safety rules and procedures at intermodal facilities
The Standard Industry Safety Rules and Procedures at Intermodal Facilities identifies initiatives, activities or processes that can influence and reduce the frequency of drayage mishaps on terminals, yards and depots.
Intermodal Terminal Drayman Safety Handbook
The Intermodal Terminal Drayman Safety Handbook is designed for the distribution to drayman to improve safety on Intermodal Terminals.
Intermodal Terminal Safety Pocket Card
The Safety Pocket Card identifies six Recommended Practices to reduce collisions on intermodal terminals. This card is designed to be distributed to the intermodal drayage community.
TIRE MARKINGS, PHOTO REQUIREMENTS AND CRITERIA
The Tire Marking & Photo Requirements Supplement to Exhibit C of the UIIA now provides for a streamlined method for the evaluation of tire condition to validate the cause of the failure and determine the responsible party. The new photographic evidence guidelines will eliminate the need for the return the physical tire carcass. Photos will be produced by the road service provider and provided to both the UIIA equipment provider and motor carrier. These two documents, in different formats, outline the criteria to mark and photograph tire defects. Both are available for download to be shared with intermodal drivers, equipment providers and road service providers.
Intermodal Pre-Trip Inspection Video
This video is a recording of the walk-around inspection performed by the drivers that are picking up intermodal equipment. The process is based upon the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and illustrates the procedural steps to be followed by a driver prior to taking an intermodal chassis/container on the road.
Intermodal Roadside Inspection Video
This video illustrates the procedural steps followed by law enforcement when conducting a Level 1 roadside inspection performed in accordance with the North American Standard Inspection procedures developed by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
Intermodal Factbook
Intermodal Factbook: An Introduction to Intermodal Freight provides an overview of the intermodal industry and the role of IANA.
Intermodal Factsheet
To learn more about the intermodal industry, read IANA’s Intermodal Factsheet.
Intermodal Glossary
Need to know an intermodal industry term? IANA’s Intermodal Glossary can help.
Intermodal Marketplace
The Intermodal Marketplace, a digital buyers' guide that allows you to find the intermodal-related products and services you need, is a great resource for the entire intermodal industry.
RESEARCH & READING
GENERAL INTERMODAL
- FREIGHT FACILITY LOCATION SELECTION: A GUIDE FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Transportation Research Board
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
CWS Consulting Group, LLC
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Halcrow, Inc.
Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc.
Resource Systems Group, Inc. - NCFRP REPORT 20: GUIDEBOOK FOR ASSESSING EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER CHASSIS SUPPLY MODELS
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Transportation Research Board
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
CPCS Transcom Limited
InterPro Advisory LLC
Prime Focus LLC
Jean-Paul Rodrigue
MARITIME/PORTS
- THE STATE OF FREIGHT II — IMPLEMENTING THE FAST ACT AND BEYOND
American Association of Port Authorities & American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials - WEST COAST PORTS: BETTER SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION COULD IMPROVE DOT’S FREIGHT EFFORTS
United States Government Accountability Office: Report to Congressional Requesters - IMPROVING MARINE CONTAINER TERMINAL PRODUCTIVITY: DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES, PROPOSED SOURCES OF DATA, AND INITIAL COLLECTION OF DATA FROM PROPOSED SOURCES
United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration
Cargo Handling Cooperative Program
The Tioga Group, Inc. - PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION STUDY — PHASE I REPORT: DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADE AND NATIONAL AND GLOBAL ECONOMICS
United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration - U.S. CONTAINER PORT CONGESTION & RELATED INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES & CHALLENGES (AN OVERVIEW OF DISCUSSIONS AT THE FMC PORT FORUMS)
United States Federal Maritime Commission; Bureau of Trade Analysis - AMERICA’S PORTS AND INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration
MOTOR CARRIER
- NCFRP REPORT 11: TRUCK DRAYAGE PRODUCTIVITY GUIDE
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Freight Research Program
The Tioga Group, Inc.
University of Texas at Austin Center for Transportation Research
University of South Carolina, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering - DWELL: HOW INTERMODAL TERMINAL CONGESTION IMPACTS CAPACITY AND SERVICE
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. - MODAL SHIFT ANALYSIS, COMPREHENSIVE TRUCK SIZE AND WEIGHT LIMITS STUDY
United States Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration - PORT METRO VANCOUVER TRUCK TURN TIME STUDY: ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The Tioga Group, Inc.
Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table
B.C. Trucking Association
Port Metro Vancouver
RAIL
- NATIONAL RAIL PLAN: MOVING FORWARD — A PROGRESS REPORT
United States Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration - TEN YEARS AFTER: THE SECOND INTERMODAL REVOLUTION
Anthony B. Hatch
Association of American Railroads
Intermodal Association of North America - ANALYSIS OF INTERMODAL LENGTH OF HAUL DATA OFFERS INSIGHTS ON HIGHWAY MARKET PENETRATION
Ted Prince
Intermodal Association of North America - AMERICA’S FREIGHT RAILROADS UNDER BALANCED REGULATION
Association of American Railroads
LINKS
INDUSTRY LINKS
- American Association of Port Authorities
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials — AASHTO
- American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association
- American Trucking Associations
- Asociacion Mexicana del Transporte Intermodal A.C.
- Association of American Railroads
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
- Bureau International Des Containers
- Coalition for Americas Gateways and Trade Corridors
- Coalition for Responsible Transportation
- Eno Transportation Foundation
- Georgia Center of Innovation For Logistics
- Institute of International Container Lessors
- Intermodal Association of Chicago
- International Warehouse Logistics Association
- National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America
- National Defense Transportation Association
- National Industrial Transportation League
- National Private Truck Council
- NASSTRAC — National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council
- North East Association of Rail Shippers
- North American Rail Shippers Association
- Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association — OCEMA
- Transportation Association of Canada
- Transportation Intermediaries Association
- Transportation Marketing & Sales Association
- Transportation Research Board
- Transportation Research Forum
- Truckload Carriers Association
- World Shipping Council
GOVERNMENT LINKS
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- California Air Resources Board
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service
- Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Federal Railroad Administration
- Federal Trade Commission
- Maritime Administration
- Mexico's Institute of Transport
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Office of the Secretary of Transportation
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- SmartWay Transport Partnership
- Surface Transportation Board
- Transport Canada
- Transportation Security Administration
- U.S. Postal Service
INTERMODAL MARKETPLACE
The Intermodal Marketplace, a digital buyers' guide that allows you to find the intermodal-related products and services you need, is a great resource for the entire intermodal industry. Users have the option of performing keyword-driven searches or category-specific searches. Both methods produce the most industry-relevant results on the Web, saving valuable time and money.
