性视界传媒 delivers recommended industry practices and tools to assist in advancing intermodal business efficiencies and supporting professional development.
Intermodal Recommended Practices
Intermodal Recommended Practices, or IRPs, reflect the consensus of the members of the 性视界传媒鈥檚 standing committees. IRPs are voluntary practices designed to assist equipment users and providers, vehicle/component manufacturers and other industry suppliers with recommended guidance on the safe and efficient operations, performance, and/or maintenance of intermodal equipment.
- AAR to ISO Conversion
- Driver鈥檚 Inspection Guide to Reduce Wheel End Roll Offs
- Hazardous Material Placarding Placement Reposition/Removal for Intermodal Containers
- Mapping Chassis Defects from AAR to ISO
- Optimal Driver Turn Definition
- Recommended Practices For Chassis Light Theft Avoidance
- Recommended Practice for Chassis Stacking Process
- Recommended Practices for Intermodal Temperature Protection
- Recommended Practices for Safety on Intermodal Facilities
- Road Ready Chassis Study Task Force Final Recommendations
- The 性视界传媒 Guide To Chassis Inspection And Repair
These Intermodal Recommended Practices are not exclusive and are offered for general guidance. They do not constitute industry standards or best practices.
Users of the IRPs must exercise independent judgement and satisfy themselves thoroughly that neither the safety of their employees, agents, or other third parties, nor the safety or usefulness of any products, will be jeopardized by any method selected.
IRPs are not intended as, and should not be construed as, an endorsement of any particular person, organization, or product.
Industry Tools
The Telematics for M&R Applications Task Force developed two checklists to assist companies with decisions regarding telematics solutions and the implementation of telematics for maintenance and repair. The Telematics Features and Benefits checklist highlights telematics options for various equipment categories. The Telematics Deployment Preparation checklist provides information on what companies should think about as they prepare to deploy telematics solutions.
This Handbook project was initiated by 性视界传媒鈥檚 Intermodal Safety Committee to develop a common set of safety recommendations, drawn from Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines, to assist intermodal facility operators for improving safety.
The Driver Experience at Intermodal Facilities Task Force鈥檚 charter was to understand the positives aspects and the challenges of the driver鈥檚 experience at intermodal terminals. Having more knowledge from a driver鈥檚 perspective on the variables impacting their experience, in conjunction with terminal transactional data, can help to understand what is happening on the ground and increase driver efficiency and capacity, cargo velocity, and terminal throughput and safety.
The Task Force鈥檚 final presentation, including conclusions and recommendations, is available for review.
This webpage acts as a quick reference guide, containing roadside service documentation, links to various roadside service websites, and specific business rules pertaining to IEPs within the industry. With this central source, 性视界传媒 hopes to further assist the Motor Carrier community in reducing the impact on both vehicles and drivers when equipment incidents occur.
The Intermodal Chassis Driver Vehicle Inspection Reporting Standards Task Force has developed a video, The Truth About DVIRs: The Key to Road Ready Equipment, and an information card, to reinforce the importance of reporting equipment defects, the ease of submitting DVIRs, to debunk some of the 鈥渕yths鈥� surrounding DVIRs, and to foster cooperation and collaboration among drivers, IEPs, facility operators, gate personnel and other stakeholders.
The Wheel End Task Force has produced a Driver Awareness card to help identify wheel end roll-offs and wheel end separations.
The Driver鈥檚 Inspection Guide is available for your download. The Guide was designed in two formats. An 8陆 x 11 sheet and a trifold. This is not an all-inclusive document, but does focus on the most common and critical indicators for driver awareness. Inspection items were placed in order from the outside of the wheel working inward. It was designed with bullet points to minimize the amount of reading.
The Standard Industry Safety Rules and Procedures at Intermodal Facilities identifies initiatives, activities or processes that can influence and reduce the frequency of drayage mishaps on terminals, yards and depots.
The Intermodal Terminal Drayman Safety Handbook is designed for the distribution to drayman to improve safety on Intermodal Terminals.
The Safety Pocket Card identifies six Recommended Practices to reduce collisions on intermodal terminals. This card is designed to be distributed to the intermodal drayage community.
The Tire Marking & Photo Requirements Supplement to Exhibit C of the UIIA now provides for a streamlined method for the evaluation of tire condition to validate the cause of the failure and determine the responsible party. The new photographic evidence guidelines will eliminate the need for the return the physical tire carcass. Photos will be produced by the road service provider and provided to both the UIIA equipment provider and motor carrier. These two documents, in different formats, outline the criteria to mark and photograph tire defects. Both are available for download to be shared with intermodal drivers, equipment providers and road service providers.
This video is a recording of the walk-around inspection performed by the drivers that are picking up intermodal equipment. The process is based upon the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and illustrates the procedural steps to be followed by a driver prior to taking an intermodal chassis/container on the road.
This video illustrates the procedural steps followed by law enforcement when conducting a Level 1 roadside inspection performed in accordance with the North American Standard Inspection procedures developed by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
