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June 8, approved a $1.001 billion total budget for the coming fiscal year, with $198.8 million designated for capital improvements, with much going toward enhancements to container terminals. Visit bit.ly/POLAinvesting for additional information on the Port of Los Angeles plan. Port of L.A. Tests Load-Matching A mobile app for matching trucking capacity with shipments is being tested at the Port of Los Angeles. The Cargomatic Free Flow loadmatching app technology is being implemented as a means to enhance supply chain efficiencies at the busiest U.S. containerport, according to a June 4 statement from the port. Go to bit.ly/POLAfreeflow to learn more. New Orleans Port Inks Pact with CN The Port of New Orleans, Canadian National Railway Co., port switching railroad New Orleans Public Belt Railroad and terminal operator New Orleans Terminal LLC have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at drawing more container traffic through the port. The pact's June 17 signing comes as construction continues toward slated early 2016 completion on an intermodal container transfer facility within the port's Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. Visit bit.ly/CN-NOLA for additional information. Federal Official Tours PSI Plant A high-ranking federal official has toured the San Antonio headquarters facilities of Pressure Systems International, gathering input on how U.S. companies are impacted by international trade policies. Marcus Jadotte, assistant secretary of commerce for industry and analysis in the U.S. Commerce Department's International Trade Administration, visited the automatic tire inflation systems U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Marcus Jadotte, left, speaks with Frank Sonzala, executive vice president of Pressure Systems International, during a tour of PSI's San Antonio plant. firm's plant and offices June 8. "PSI already does a robust business overseas," said Frank Sonzala, PSI's executive vice president, "but, to continue growing international trade, we must operate fairly in order for small U.S. companies like ours to be competitive in the global marketplace." DELIVER...SAFELY, SEAMLESSLY, AND ON SCHEDULE. INTERMODAL DRAYAGE | DEDICATED | DRY VAN | FLATBED dispatch@arlnetwork.com | 800-245-4722 ARL Network IANA 1/2 page ad_R3.indd 1 22 Intermodal Insights | July 2015 4/10/15 5:32 PM http://www.bit.ly/POLAinvesting http://www.bit.ly/CN-NOLA http://www.bit.ly/POLAfreeflow

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Insights - July 2015

Contents
Fed Update
Highway Funding to Expire July 31
Changes to IANA Bylaws Proposed
U. of Md., IANA Team on Intermodal Job Portal
Information Services News
Exclusive Report: Fed Economist to Share Outlook at Intermodal EXPO 2015
Exclusive Report: Asset-Tracking Advances from ‘Dots on Map’
Freight Reports
Yearly Traffic Chart
EXPO Education Session by Stakeholder Interests
State Legislative Update
Port News
Seattle, Tacoma Advance Alliance
Federal Official Tours PSI Plant
People in the News
In Brief
2015 Sponsors
New Members
Industry Calendar

Insights - July 2015