The Intermodal Logistics Podcast

To know how best to serve customers, it helps to know what they want - and don't. The Intermodal Association of North American (IANA) commissioned a survey of shippers to find out both what's drawn some to intermodal, and what's kept others away. IANA President & CEO Anne Reinke joins us live from EXPO 2026 in Long Beach to discuss both the survey results, and the reaction to them from intermodal stakeholders at a presentation at the event. Anne goes over the marketing origins of the surv...

Intermodal is on the upswing in the U.S. this year, but an even bigger North American volume jump is happening in Mexico. Live from IANA's Intermodal EXPO in Long Beach, AMTI President (and Grupo México VP of Intermodal) Luis Hernández joins The Intermodal Logistics Podcast to discuss how Mexican intermodal is making a real dent in the freight landscape. Luis tells us how much market share it's gained, how truckload conversion is a big part of it, and what the obstacles to further growt...

The team from the University of Arkansas is top hog at the 2026 Academic Challenge case competition at IANA's Intermodal EXPO, and its members take a few minutes to share their experiences of the challenge and the event with The Intermodal Logistics Podcast, live from Long Beach, California. Abbie Hutto, Drew Pierce, Stone Sawyer and Natalie Olinger (and their trophy), join Kevin Baxter and Shelli Austin (also a judge) to discuss how they approached the competition, which saw them top a 12-te...

Fresh off a presentation from Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena at IANA's 2026 Intermodal EXPO, UP's Kari Kirchhoefer joins The Intermodal Logistics Podcast at the event to share what the proposed merger with Norfolk Southern could mean for shippers and providers - and the importance of reaching out directly to stakeholders throughout the process. Kari, Senior VP of Premium for Union Pacific, is the guest on the first of our six episodes recorded on-site at the annual gathering in Long Beach,...

Trains travel thousands of miles across North America, and for many lengthy stretches, they move on tracks out of sight to all but a select few. RailState is changing that with their camera-equipped sensors setup along a growing percentage of railroad tracks. VP of Sales and Marketing Dan Devoe joins us on The Intermodal Logistics Podcast to discuss what RailState is, what it does, and the network intelligence it gathers. Dan tells us how the company's founders initially saw an information g...