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How truckers can avoid a bad dray day

3 November 2020

Pick a poorly maintained container chassis or the wrong one from a pool, and you are in for a bad dray day.

American Shipper recently discussed this important topic for drayage truckers with Phil Wolfe, vice president of international sales for DCLI, the nation’s largest provider of intermodal chassis.

Many draymen retrieve their chassis from bustling pools located next to large container ports. However, no two chassis are alike — they vary by...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-truckers-can-avoid-a-bad-dray-day

What shippers must know before packing containers

28 October 2020

What constitutes a suitable ocean container for shipping is largely in the eyes of the shipper/packer and the product that it ships.

American Shipper recently discussed this topic with Technical Services Director Luiz Gonçalves of the Washington-based Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL).

Gonçalves said the practice of inspecting containers requires knowledge and experience on behalf of the shipper/packer, as well as a technical understanding of the International Maritime...

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How to run a virtual conference

24 May 202021 May 2020

A few weeks ago, FreightWaves hosted its first virtual conference, FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. The event consisted of content that ran from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT for three days. The content consisted of 85 video presentations and 200 commercials. During the three-day event, there were more than 90,000 unique visitors, 250,000 video streamed sessions, and 5 million minutes of content viewed by the audience. We also had a Slack channel that had almost 2,000 registered members actively engaging...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-to-run-a-virtual-conference