We recently sat down with Erik Hansen, VP Sales & Marketing, Intermodal for Kansas City Southern Railway and the newly elected KC SmartPort Board Chairman, to learn more about his professional experience, trends in the intermodal/rail industry and his goals as the KC SmartPort Chairman.

Industrial development in Kansas City continues unprecedented growth and is setting new records. Here are a few recent numbers and rankings. ​ ​

As manufacturers across the country struggle to fill jobs with qualified workers with the right skills, many companies in the Kansas City area are finding new and creative ways to fill the skills gap.

BMS Logistics, Inc. is a full-service warehousing, packaging and distribution company headquartered in St. Joseph, Mo.

The Chinese New Year is one of the biggest first quarter seasonality factors every year, and CNY 2018 will also have huge impacts on West Coast freight

In 2018, technological and business innovation will be seen with manufacturing in five key areas: Blended Business Mashup, the Internet of People, Data-Driven Intelligence With Analytics, Omnichain and Future-Proof Flexibility.

KC SmartPort officially elected Erik Hansen, vice president of sales and marketing, intermodal for The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, as chairman of the KC SmartPort Board of Directors. Hansen is joined by 26 additional members of the 2018 board of directors.

After three months of slow performance, the North American freight market showed an increase in June. Shipment volumes in June 2016 increased 1.7 percent from May and expenditures rose 3.9 percent according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.

KC SmartPort hosted more than 550 attendees at its fifth annual industry briefing on April 6, 2016. Leading up to and throughout the event, the audience was encouraged to use #KCDisrupt to join in the social media conversation.

S&S Activewear, a national promotional apparel wholesaler, announced it will locate a new distribution center in Olathe, Kansas, creating 200 jobs in the region. S&S Activewear will occupy a 473,000-sq.-ft. shipping and receiving facility at I-35 Logistics Park.