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 鶹Ƶ’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, 鶹Ƶ 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 Carda
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.
Research & Reading
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.
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
American Association of Port Authorities & American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
United States Government Accountability Office: Report to Congressional Requesters
United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration
Cargo Handling Cooperative Program
The Tioga Group, Inc.
United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration
United States Federal Maritime Commission; Bureau of Trade Analysis
United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration
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
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
United States Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
The Tioga Group, Inc.
Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table
B.C. Trucking Association
Port Metro Vancouver
United States Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration- TEN YEARS AFTER: THE SECOND INTERMODAL REVOLUTION
Anthony B. Hatch
Association of American Railroads
鶹Ƶ - ANALYSIS OF INTERMODAL LENGTH OF HAUL DATA OFFERS INSIGHTS ON HIGHWAY MARKET PENETRATION
Ted Prince
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Association of American Railroads
Links
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.