Episode Details

Drayage is what makes or breaks most intermodal shipments. And as truckload conversions continue to mount, so does stress on short-haul trucking capacity. Drayage.com and Loadmatch President and Founder Jason Hilsenbeck checks in to The Intermodal Logistics Podcast to tell us what the numbers show in terms of drayage pressure points, driver availability and the outlook.

Jason discusses the markets that are handling increased volume smoothly and those that are struggling based on website data and how trucking regulations pushed many drivers out of the market, only to have elevated revenue opportunities lead to a bounceback that's already taking place. He also explains the differences between his two websites, why he founded them and how they've endured since their inception at the end of the 20th century.

Beyond drayage, Jason tells us about the shifting container marketplace, with more private and less railroad ownership becoming a trend. And we discuss his home of Chicago, what makes it a unique and vital intermodal market, and his leadership of the Intermodal Association of Chicago as well as what it does. Along the way, we get his thoughts on the proposed Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merger.

Finding Loadmatch and Drayage.com are pretty easy, just go to www.loadmatch.com and www.drayage.com. For more on the IAC, visit www.intermodalofchicago.org.

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