Intermodal Savings and Service

InTek Freight & Logistics: The Podcast

Intermodal transportation offers a consistent advantage in savings over its over-the-road trucking counterpart mode, but a lingering question for many shippers is intermodal service. As in, how consistent is both the rail service and the service a company can expect from an IMC - intermodal marketing company?
Ari Ashe with the Journal of Commerce joins us to discuss how he tracks both the savings and service pieces of the equation, through the quarterly Intermodal Savings Index (ISI) and the newer addition to JOC's portfolio, the Intermodal Service Scorecard. He talks about what goes into each report, how he tracks the data, just how much intermodal typically saves versus truck, and which (and which types of) IMCs shippers prefer.
He also recaps last week's TPM24 conference, which focuses on international ocean container shipping but brings together key players from throughout supply chains, sharing the mood of those in attendance and the effects of the Red Sea crisis so far.
Access to the ISI and Service Scorecard requires a JOC Gold Subscription, which is available here: www.joc.com/subscription/choose-plan. Learn more about TPM and September's Inland Conference (also discussed on the podcast) at www.joc.com/events.
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