Chassis Repair an Issue in Contract Talks Between Longshoremen’s Union, Carriers
The ongoing shift of intermodal chassis ownership from ocean carriers to truckers and lessors could encounter a new jolt as the International Longshoremen’s Association promised to keep the repairing of chassis a key negotiating issue in contract talks that begin next week.
March 19, 2012Two New Chassis Pool Options May Offer Relief to Drayage Carriers With Equipment Problems
Two new chassis pool options are emerging for drayage carriers that have been struggling with equipment issues since ocean lines began in 2009 to back away from providing chassis free-of-charge for moving international containers.
January 16, 2012Motor Carriers, Shipping Lines Clash on Effectiveness of Chassis-Safety Rules
Two years after truckers won a decade-long battle to win new federally mandated chassis-safety rules, broad disagreement about the effect of those changes remains, marketplace confusion reigns and operational issues are unresolved, according to trucking officials and consultants.
July 25, 2011Trade Groups Grapple With Chassis Supply Fee Issues
Nearly two years after Maersk Line, the world’s largest ocean carrier, shook up the system for delivering freight containers from U.S. ports by requiring drayage truckers for the first time to pay rental fees for chassis, three trade groups are trying to foster an orderly transition to a new intermodal reality.
May 16, 2011Fix the Chassis Fix
It took years for the trucking industry to get Congress to place responsibility for intermodal freight chassis road worthiness in the correct place. In 2005, legislators specified that the providers of the equipment — and not the fleets that were using them to move freight — had to ensure that the units met all safety standards.
April 25, 2011Fleet Chassis Citations Continue Despite New FMCSA Regulation
As a new federal chassis rule is taking effect this spring, frequent errors are hurting intermodal fleets’ safety records and saddling them with violations that were supposed to be charged against chassis providers, according to industry officials.
April 25, 2011Intermodal Carriers Feel Strain as Chassis Shortages Surface
Spot shortages of intermodal chassis are surfacing and uncertainty is building about the future chassis supply as truckers take more responsibility for the equipment that traditionally came from ocean carriers, industry officials said.
January 17, 2011Fleets Find More Options to Use Intermodal Chassis
More equipment options are unfolding for truckers as they take on additional responsibility for chassis formerly supplied by ocean carriers.
January 10, 2011Drayage Carriers Press for Chassis Details
Drayage carriers said they are pressing ocean cargo lines for more details about plans to make truckers responsible for supplying intermodal chassis.
October 17, 2010Chassis Responsibility Changes Cause Difficulties for Carriers
Intermodal fleets expect a tough financial and operational transition period as ocean carriers move the responsibility for chassis onto carriers that make international cargo deliveries, according to several carrier officials.
September 6, 2010