Freight Movement: How Truckstop Operators Can Use Changes in Rail Movement to Plan Ahead

Added on: July 11, 2019

Abstract:

Freight Movement: How Truckstop Operators Can Use Changes in Rail Movement to Plan Ahead
Speaker: Ryan Houfek, CSX Intermodal
Center Stage, Exhibit Hall A
The movement of freight involves a complex chain of logistics, with trucks and trains competing for freight—and often working in partnership. With increasing congestion on highways, government regulation on the trucking industry, high fuel prices, environmental pressures, etc., states across the nation are giving careful consideration to the most optimal means of freight movement, looking at both road and rail. Successful truckstop operators know changes in intermodal rail will affect their business. To help truckstop operators better understand the rail piece of the puzzle, the changing dynamics in the shipping business and the growing partnership between trucking and rail, keynote presenter Ryan Houfek, CSX’s assistant vice president for intermodal sales, will provide their outlook on intermodal freight movement in the coming decades.