• September 30 - October 2, 2024
  • Inland Distribution
  • September 29 - October 1, 2025 | The Westin Chicago River North

Jason Hilsenbeck

Loadmatch.com and Drayage.com

Founder and President

Jason Hilsenbeck is the founder of both the LoadMatch & Drayage.com websites, now 25 years online. Prior to the websites, Jason started his career in 1994 in the intermodal business doing operations and sales at Genex, a 3rd-Party Intermodal Marketing Company (IMC) and OTR brokerage in Chicago. Jason graduated from Western Illinois University with a degree in Transportation & Distribution, and is a member of TIA, IANA, NCBFAA, CIFFA and current Chairman of the Intermodal Association of Chicago. He is actively involved in day-to-day operations of both LoadMatch & Drayage.com websites and has a sense of current drayage trucking issues at the port & rail terminals across the country.

Sessions With Jason Hilsenbeck

Tuesday, 1 October

  • 01:45pm - 02:30pm (CST) / 01/oct/2024 06:45 pm - 01/oct/2024 07:30 pm

    Inland24 Think Tank I: Chicago
    International intermodal volume has grown double digits compared with a year ago. While there have been issues frustrating drivers in certain Chicago, Dallas, and Memphis-area terminals, none have arisen to the level of congestion and gridlock three years ago. Is this a function of railroads, chassis lessors, and BCOs fixing the core issues that plagued the industry previously? Was the worst of the gridlock a one-off result of insufficient labor during a health crisis to keep inventory moving, which in turn caused chassis pools to run out of equipment and gridlock rail and marine terminals? Or are there larger issues that the railroads and chassis providers have not yet addressed? And what about communication: do you feel the BCOs, chassis providers, truckers, and railroads communicate well, or is there room for improvement? Has the FLOW initiative from the US Department of Transportation helped in any way? The think tanks are an opportunity for Inland attendees to actively participate in the discussion. What is said in the room stays in the room. Share your concerns and opinions about the flow of ocean cargo inland to Chicago, Dallas, or Memphis and also take time to meet with the Class I railroads.
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