Three Large Chassis Owners Begin Pool in Southern California to Tackle Shortage
Three of the largest intermodal chassis owners announced the startup of a pool in Southern California that is meant to address ongoing difficulties with equipment supply at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.
March 9, 2015Southern California Chassis Pool Begins Operation
Three of the largest intermodal chassis owners said they have begun operating a pool at Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, the nation’s two largest ports, to improve trucking operations.
DOJ Ruling Clears Way to Advance SoCal Chassis Pool Plan
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Justice Department has cleared the way for greater cooperation between two of the three largest chassis pool operators in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area that is intended to further free flow of chassis throughout the port.
Chassis Users Can Expect Higher Rates, Better Equipment, Leasing Execs Predict
HOUSTON — Chassis users can expect higher rates, better quality equipment and no short-term resolution to the intermodal industry’s equipment challenges, top executives of the three largest chassis leasing companies said.
November 25, 2013Lax Chassis Rule Enforcement Reduces Safety, Truckers Say
Four-year-old intermodal equipment safety rules that were supposed to make chassis safer have failed to accomplish that goal because the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration isn’t enforcing the law, according to trucking officials.
October 21, 2013Port Operators, ILA Warn Chassis Owners to Keep Using Union Labor for Repairs
Intermodal truckers could face a new operational threat after a recent warning from port labor and management to leasing companies, the primary owners of chassis, that union workers must continue to fix and repair the equipment.
August 26, 2013Fleets Say Woes Continue Despite New Chassis Rule
Intermodal truckers, who have been fighting since 1997 to improve chassis maintenance, say that goal remains elusive today, four years after the rule meant to address the problem went into effect.
June 17, 2013STB Approves Trucker-Run Chassis Pool to Replace Ocean Carriers’ Equipment
Drayage fleets have won regulatory approval to set up the first trucker-owned chassis pool for highway moves of intermodal cargo at a time when ocean carriers are moving away from their role of providing that equipment.
January 28, 2013Industry Group Forms Chassis Pool; Drayage Carrier Buys 1,520 Units
The gradual shift of intermodal equipment control from ocean carriers to truckers advanced last week as an industry group formally created a chassis cooperative and drayage carrier, IMC Companies, purchased 1,520 units for use in an existing pool.
October 15, 2012Suspension Makers Work to Counter Effects of Deteriorating Roads on Truck Chassis
The failure of Congress to pass legislation to provide funding to improve and expand the nation’s highway system has left many roads covered with cracks, potholes and uneven pavement, which are creating additional challenges for some vehicle suspension makers, according to company officials.
June 18, 2012