{"id":382213,"date":"2026-07-01T15:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/382213\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:36:10","slug":"rail-news-port-of-long-beach-to-receive-ianas-first-intermodal-innovation-award-for-railroad-career-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/382213\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail News &#8211; Port of Long Beach to receive IANA&#8217;s first Intermodal Innovation Award. For Railroad Career Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressiverailroading.com\/news\/\" class=\"catBack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rail News Home<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"catBack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressiverailroading.com\/intermodal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Intermodal<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"viewRt\" style=\"float: right;\">7\/1\/2026<\/p>\n<p>Rail News: Intermodal&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<p>         span {<br \/>\n                min-width: 0 !important<br \/>\n            }<br \/>\n        ]]]]>]]><\/p>\n<p>        <br class=\"clear\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Port-of-Long-Beach2-sized.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"articleImg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            POLB was selected for its sustained leadership in strengthening the nation&#8217;s intermodal freight network, IANA officials said.<br \/>\n            Photo \u2013 Port of Long Beach<\/p>\n<p>            <br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intermodal.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Intermodal Association of North America<\/a> (IANA) has selected the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/polb.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Port of Long Beach<\/a> (POLB) as the recipient of its inaugural Intermodal Innovation Award.<\/p>\n<p>The award honors a for-profit business, nonprofit organization, educational institution or government agency that has made a significant and measurable contribution to the advancement of the intermodal freight transportation industry, IANA officials said in a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Intermodal Innovation Award recognizes organizations that don&#8217;t simply respond to change\u2014they help create it,&#8221; said Anne Reinke, president and CEO of IANA.<\/p>\n<p>POLB was selected for its leadership in strengthening the nation&#8217;s intermodal freight network through strategic infrastructure investment, digital innovation, operational excellence, environmental stewardship and collaboration across the supply chain, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The [port] has demonstrated that innovation is not a single project or technology, but a sustained commitment to improving how freight moves,&#8221; Reinke added. &#8220;Their work is creating lasting benefits for shippers, carriers, ports and supply chain partners across North America, making them a fitting inaugural recipient of this award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>POLB will be recognized during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/intermodal.org\/intermodalexpo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Intermodal EXPO<\/a>, to be held September 14\u201316, 2026, in Long Beach, California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressiverailroading.com\/contactus\/?who\u2261magazineeditorial\" style=\"font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #4169e1; text-decoration: none; padding-bottom: 1em;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Progressive Railroading editorial staff.<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>More News from 7\/1\/2026<br \/>\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rail News Home Intermodal 7\/1\/2026 Rail News: Intermodal&#13; span { min-width: 0 !important } ]]]]&gt;]]&gt; POLB was selected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-382213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}