Maintenance & Repair Committee

IANA's Maintenance & Repair Committee addresses issues that relate to maintaining intermodal equipment and components in safe, good repair and in roadable/loadable service. Specific focus areas involve inspection, maintenance and repair practices. Also included in committee deliberations are documentation and reporting procedures and requirements.

Current Leadership

Chairman Christopher O’Hea C&K Trucking, LLC	Vice Chairman William Fluke Columbia Group
Vice Chairman Ingrid Crafford Norfolk Southern Corporation	Board Liaison Trevor Ash CIE Manufacturing

Committee Roster

Next Meeting Monday, September 12, 2022 Intermodal EXPO, Long Beach, California
Previous Meeting Tuesday, May 3, 2022, Operations, Safety & Maintenance Business Meeting, Oak Brook, Illinois View Presentation Intermodal Maintenance & Repair Committee presentation from May 3, 2022 meeting. Minutes Minutes from the May 3, 2022 meeting. Minutes from the February 11, 2022 meeting. Minutes from the September 12, 2021 meeting. Minutes from the May 14, 2021 meeting.

Task Forces


Damage Prevention Outreach Program Task Force Leader: Andrew Knouse, Norfolk Southern Corporation The Task Force’s goal is to raise awareness and share information regarding preventable chassis damage with stakeholders involved in moving, storing and maintaining chassis. Presentation tools and resources, which could include documents, slides, and/or handouts, may be utilized by IANA members during local outreach events to highlight proper use and handling of intermodal chassis and the operational and safety benefits of doing so. Download Charter View Roster
Roadside Service Task Force Leader: Ralph Iacono, Roadrunner Towing & Truck Service The goal of the Roadside Service Task Force is to target process improvements to streamline overall roadside M&R service. Recommended practices will be developed that focus on top issues identified by multiple stakeholders via survey. The Task Force will look at cause of failure documentation and necessary service call information. Download Charter View Roster

Damage Prevention Outreach Program Task Force

Leader: Andrew Knouse, Norfolk Southern Corporation

The Task Force’s goal is to raise awareness and share information regarding preventable chassis damage with stakeholders involved in moving, storing and maintaining chassis. Presentation tools and resources, which could include documents, slides, and/or handouts, may be utilized by IANA members during local outreach events to highlight proper use and handling of intermodal chassis and the operational and safety benefits of doing so.

Download Charter

View Roster

Roadside Service Task Force

Leader: Ralph Iacono, Roadrunner Towing & Truck Service

The goal of the Roadside Service Task Force is to target process improvements to streamline overall roadside M&R service. Recommended practices will be developed that focus on top issues identified by multiple stakeholders via survey. The Task Force will look at cause of failure documentation and necessary service call information.

Download Charter

View Roster

Working Groups

Mechanics Training Working Group Leader: Ed Smith, Webb Wheel Products