With one united voice, represent the interests of the transloading industry to business and political leaders; advance the technologies, offerings, and standards of the practitioners; and increase the visibility of the membership to all industries. Position transloading as the preferred method for the efficient distribution of product in the 21st century.

Announcing: 2010 Annual Conference

TDA's 2010 Annual Conference will be held week of April 18 with main conference dates of April 19-20, 2010 at the Double Tree Hotel, San Antonio, TX. We have negotiated an excellent conference room rate of $125.00 plus appropriate sales tax (currently 16.75%). Please check back frequently for updated news regarding the 2010 conference.

2009 Annual Conference Review

Welcome, Charles Kantner, AIP Logistics
Cross and Upselling, Cory McGuire, Dale Carnegie
The Human Side of Process Improvement, Cory McGuire, Dale Carnegie
S.M.A.R.T - The Way To Get Things Done
State of Transloading - Thoughts of a Reload Specialist
Bulk Shipments, Walt Sanders, Rocky Mountain Transload
Tools For Your Toolbox, Chris Salek, WATCO Companies
TDA Best Registry, Jonathan Lamb, Lake Superior Warehousing
Look Inside The Box: Best Business Practices, Kimberly Kirstein, CSX Transportation
BNSF Transload Model Study, Vann Cunningham, BNSF Railway

Outgoing Presidents Message

Please join me in congratulating our new TDA President, Charlie Ring. Charlie is well qualified for the position of President as you will find out when you read his President's Letter.

The last two years have been an interesting experience for me and I thank the membership, Board of Directors and staff for their support. I'm sure each President hope they have left their mark on the organization and I am in that category. (more)

Presidents Message

I have spent the last year in very good company as Mr. Chuck Kantner has mentored and molded me to be able to fill his shoes as the next President of the organization. Chuck's leadership and vision has taken us a long way in the last two years and I'm glad he's going to be around to help me continue in the same direction.

As I was speaking with a couple of the members this past week it occurred to me that most of you don't know much about me so here's a little bio:(more)