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Intermodal Insights
Looking to keep up to date on need-to-know industry topics? IANA offers monthly webinars to its members and provides special registration specifically for UNT students, faculty, and researchers. New events are added as they are scheduled.
The Center for Logistics & Supply Chain Management would like to give special thanks to IANA for providing these virtual educational opportunities.
Upcoming Events
To receive the webinar registration link, students must email Chris.Peavy@unt.edu and provide their student ID, the course number, and the professor’s name for the class they want to receive attendance credit. Registration will remain open until 12:00 noon the day before the IANA webinar. No registration links will be sent after this time. Students who use the provided link to register for a webinar will be included in the attendance report generated by IANA, which will include the student’s arrival and departure times at the webinar.
North American Associations Unite: Key Intermodal Updates Across the Continent
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2026, 12:30 PM (Central Time)
Join us for this critical discussion featuring 3 top association leaders uniquely positioned to provide insights into the U.S., Canadian, and Mexican supply chain markets. We'll focus on the current critical topics affecting intermodal and its growth opportunities in each country, as well as discuss the association priorities, legislative uncertainties, and member initiatives impacting our North American economic interdependence.
Previous Events
Intermodal Analyzed - August 2026
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026, 12:30 PM (Central Time)
Join IANA’s Director of Economics, Andrew Sibold, with guest Larry Gross, “The Intermodalist,” as they explore the latest macro-trends and industry statistics impacting you and your business. Utilizing multiple sources, including IANA’s Intermodal Volume Analyzer and Equipment Type, Size and Ownership (ETSO) database, as well as IANA’s recently redesigned Intermodal In Depth publication and its new Intermodal Volume Index (IVI), our presenters will provide a detailed examination of the current state of the intermodal market, identify emerging trends, and show how operational, trade, and macroeconomic factors interact and affect your strategic decision-making across the intermodal ecosystem.
How Intermodal Spot Rates, Trucking Costs, and Fuel Are Shaping Freight Decisions
Right Now
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026, 1:00 PM (Central Time)
In this 60-minute market briefing, InTek Intermodal introduces the InTek Intermodal Index (III), a proprietary weekly data tool that tracks intermodal spot rates and contextualizes them against trucking benchmarks and fuel pricing to help logistics professionals identify lane opportunities, evaluate mode competitiveness, and stay ahead of market shifts. Attendees will hear directly from InTek’s team on what goes into the Index and what it reveals about the current market, and from Dean Croke, Principal Analyst at DAT iQ, on the state of truckload spot rates and the intermodal–truck rate spread. Whether you manage intermodal lanes, advise shippers on mode choice, or simply need a sharper read on where freight pricing is heading, this session delivers the data context and market perspective you need to make smarter decisions right now.