When it comes to moving freight long distances, you can go from ship to drayage to rail to over-the-road trucking… or you can go intermodal.

Intermodal freight transportation combines the advantages of sea, air, and land transport to facilitate a preplanned end-to-end journey. Understanding the relative cost, security, and emissions benefits of intermodal transportation is key for companies looking for the most efficient way to move their goods.

In this episode of Art of Supply, Kelly Barner is joined by Anne Reinke, the CEO and President of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). Anne has experience lobbying for the rail industry and working at the Department of Transportation, as well as with an organization representing 3PLs.

In this episode of the Art of Supply podcast, Kelly and Anne discuss:

• How the relative roles of private companies and government agencies vary by mode of transportation
• Which factors are most influential in driving demand for intermodal transportation
• How tariffs are changing shipper behavior, altering the usual seasonal patterns for transportation peaks and lows

Links:

• Anne Reinke on LinkedIn
• Intermodal Association of North America
• Kelly Barner on LinkedIn
• Art of Supply LinkedIn newsletter
• Art of Supply on AOP
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