The Intermodal Logistics Podcast

Intermodal is traditionally associated with long-haul shipping, but a few Sunshine State - and Mexico - solutions show it can shine with short-haul, too. On the latest InTek Freight & Logistics: The Podcast, Luis Hernandez, VP of Intermodal with Florida East Coast Railway (a member of Grupo Mexico - which also owns Ferromex) to discuss those Florida options, from intra-Miami to all the way up and down the coast.
Luis tells us how intermodal not only offers convenience for Florida freight, but also surprising speed - whether between ports or not. He talks about the relationship between FEC and the expanding Brightline passenger rail network - and how railroad crossings have changed for Floridians.
He also discusses the freight landscape in Mexico, how intermodal offers underused solutions for cross-border shipping, and how AMTI - the Mexican intermodal association - is working to make more inroads (or rails in this case).
Learn more about FEC at https://fecrwy.com, Ferromex at https://www.ferromex.com/index-eng.jsp and AMTI at https://www.amtimexico.com/en.
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Earlier this year, a merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways formed the Class I railroad now known as CPKC. Of particular note about this combined company is a first that it's created: single line service connecting all of North America - as in, Canada, the United States and Mexico. CPKC Director of Business Development for Domestic Intermodal Melanie Kunz joins us to discuss what this service means and how it's especially changing the game for produce and protein transport.
She also shares advantages intermodal and rail transport provide particularly in border crossing scenarios, including not only security but also speed. And we go over CPKC's testing of hydrogen fuel cell locomotives as part of their efforts to further reduce the climate impact of freight.
To learn more about CPKC, visit www.cpkcr.com.
Subscribe or follow now to catch new episodes of InTek Freight & Logistics: The Podcast as soon as they're out, and please do rate and review us. Have a question? Contact us at [email protected]. And visit our website, www.intekfreight-logistics.com to learn more about InTek.

Just past the mid-point of 2023, we have a better read on how the freight market has progressed - and how it will likely continue to go. On this episode, InTek President Shelli Austin and CEO Rick LaGore take part in a roundtable market update. They go over both the numbers - think trucking and intermodal rates and volume (plus inflation, interest rates and the economy overall) - and how things are going on the ground from the perspective of logistics providers, shippers and carriers.
Plus, Shelli and Rick share advice for handling this market downswing, what catalyst or catalysts (happy or otherwise) could jumpstart shipping, and the timeline for when they expect the market to recover. As a bonus, listen for two oft-repeated words describing 2023 in freight - chaos and unprecedented.
To get more on the market in written form, visit https://blog.intekfreight-logistics.com/freight-market-trends-2nd-half-2023.
Subscribe or follow now to catch new episodes of InTek Freight & Logistics: The Podcast as soon as they're out, and please do rate and review us. Have a question? Contact us at [email protected]. And visit our website, www.intekfreight-logistics.com to learn more about InTek.

With the need to decrease emissions to help combat climate change growing more apparent by the day, freight railroads are stepping up to the plate. We discuss freight railroads and climate change on this episode with Association of American Railroads (AAR) Assistant VP for Government Affairs Jordan Stone and Assistant VP: Environment, Hazardous Materials and Climate Change Devin Sprinkle.
Jordan and Devin go over how freight rail is already the most fuel-efficient shipping mode over land and how railroads are working to make it even better with the potential for electric or hydrogen powered locomotives, improvements at railyards, cleaner fuel and many other initiatives - along with how partnerships help speed progress.
For more on what freight railroads are doing to combat climate change - and to access the recent report "Freight Railroads & Climate Change: Reducing Emissions, Enhancing Resiliency" - visit www.aar.org/climatechange.
Subscribe or follow now to catch new episodes of InTek Freight & Logistics: The Podcast as soon as they're out, and please do rate and review us. Have a question? Contact us at [email protected]. And visit our website, www.intekfreight-logistics.com to learn more about InTek.

Staying up on the latest legal issues affecting transportation and logistics is vital to businesses and organizations involved in the industry - and there are plenty of laws and rules to track. Marc Blubaugh, Partner at the award-winning Benesch Law Firm, joins us to go over a few key items that should be front of mind for freight pros today, including:

• The FMCSA's updated definitions of brokers, bona fide agents and dispatchers
• Broker fraud, double-brokering and the like
• Miller vs. C.H. Robinson and broker liability
• FMC rulemaking on detention and demurrage disputes

Marc also tells us a bit about his background and how he came to focus his legal career on transportation and logistics issues.
Learn more about Marc's practice at https://www.beneschlaw.com/, where you can also subscribe to the firm's newsletter for regular industry legal updates.
Subscribe or follow now to catch new episodes of InTek Freight & Logistics: The Podcast as soon as they're out, and please do rate and review us. Have a question? Contact us at [email protected]. And visit our website, www.intekfreight-logistics.com to learn more about InTek.