chassis maintenance and repair Archives

Disunified chassis leasing system exacerbates port congestion

12 July 2021

The ongoing container shortage and port congestion is becoming old news. Freight income per TEU is higher than ever due to the COVID-spurred consumer demand for goods. The industry is seeing a large number of blank sailings, not for lack of cargo, but because the containers sit in waiting for so long, they lose their place in the rotation.

“If your product isn’t in the U.S. by the end of October, you’ve hurt your ability to maximize holiday sales,” FreightWaves Senior Retail Analyst Andrew Cox...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/disunified-chassis-leasing-system-exacerbates-port-congestion

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

FMCSA approves ‘performance-based’ chassis inspection training

20 August 2020

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) this week approved an industry association’s application that will allow container chassis mechanics to qualify more efficiently to become equipment or brake inspectors.

The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) requested the FMSCA exemption to implement the chassis inspection training through a “performance-based” approach rather than time-based as prescribed by the federal government.

The association’s training program is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-approves-performance-based-chassis-inspection-training