chassis management

Trac Intermodal CEO eyes continued growth for chassis industry

Now that the crunch for chassis has abated from pandemic-fueled shortages, companies can return to business as usual, right? Not so, says Dan Walsh, president and CEO of Trac Intermodal, a North American marine chassis provider based in Princeton, New Jersey.

FreightWaves recently chatted with Walsh to discuss forecasts for chassis demand. Expect e-commerce, the need for supply data visibility and shifting manufacturing patterns in Asia to play a role, according to Walsh.

This question-and-answer...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trac-intermodal-ceo-eyes-continued-growth-for-chassis-industry

Loaded and Rolling: Truck parking survey highlights public awareness challenges

Truck parking survey highlights public awareness challenges

(Graphic: CloudTrucks)

Last month, CloudTrucks surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults about general perceptions of truck drivers and if they have heard of the truck parking shortage. The results, published in CloudTrucks’ 2023 Truck Parking Shortage Survey, highlight that while Americans generally have a positive view of truck drivers, most respondents didn’t know that the parking shortage had a major impact on their quality of life. 

One major...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loaded-and-rolling-truck-parking-survey-highlights-public-awareness-challenges

Southeast ports, carriers sign on to plan to upgrade chassis pool

Five stakeholders have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing the South Atlantic Chassis Pool 3.0, which will serve the region starting in October 2023.

SACP 3.0 will be based on a single provider pool model, and it will upgrade and expand the existing pool. It will have 60,000 chassis available to truckers, beneficial cargo owners, ocean carriers and port users, said a Monday announcement by the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA), Georgia Ports Authority,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/southeast-ports-carriers-sign-on-to-plan-to-upgrade-chassis-pool

Intermodal Summit: Managing chassis pools in a chaotic market

FreightWaves’ Kevin Hill and DCLI's Mike O’Malley at the Intermodal Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The future of chassis pools

DETAILS: A discussion on port congestion and the impact on the chassis management process.

INTERVIEWER AND SPEAKER: Kevin Hill, executive publisher at FreightWaves, and Mike O’Malley, SVP, government and public relations at Direct ChassisLink Inc. (DCLI)

BIO: O’Malley is DCLI’s primary point of contact with external stakeholders such as regulators, legislators, trade groups and the media.

His career includes more than two decades in public affairs,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/intermodal-summit-managing-chassis-pools-in-a-chaotic-market

Moving volumes smoothly: TRAC Intermodal CEO’s 3 keys

A photograph of chassis at a rail yard.

FreightWaves recently chatted with Daniel Walsh, president and CEO of TRAC Intermodal, about reported chassis shortages and the congestion issues facing the supply chain.

This question-and-answer interview was edited for clarity and length.

FREIGHTWAVES: How is chassis availability in the regions that you serve? What are you seeing in the markets that you serve, and what is TRAC Intermodal doing to ensure things are running smoothly?

WALSH: “Just starting with the supply chain flows: Obviously...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/moving-volumes-smoothly-trac-intermodal-ceos-3-keys

Defect impacts chassis availability on Norfolk Southern’s network

A Norfolk Southern locomotive rolling down a field.

Norfolk Southern is seeking to quickly repair potentially defective chassis across its network.

About 5,100 chassis could be defective. Although Jeff Heller, NS vice president of intermodal and automotive, notified customers of the potential defect in a June 18 letter, NS says it is still working on repairing the chassis on its network as of early July.

“Norfolk Southern will continue to take the necessary actions to address the reduced chassis supply across the network. We are working to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/defect-impacts-chassis-availability-on-norfolk-southerns-network

US-based CIE Manufacturing takes aim at chassis shortage

From sea to shining sea, CIE Manufacturing (CIEM) is gearing up its container chassis production for the North American market. With chassis already rolling off the line at the company’s manufacturing facility in Virginia, and manufacturing of the second wave in California is now underway.

Headquartered in South Gate, California, CIEM is now producing its new North American Pioneer Chassis line on the West Coast, just a 20-minute drive from two of the country’s most congested ports — the Ports...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-based-cie-manufacturing-takes-aim-at-chassis-shortage

Do you know where your chassis are?

container chassis

Container chassis may be simple assets, but there is nothing simple about tracking their location throughout the U.S. supply chain.

Chassis providers and technology developers in recent years have chipped away at the challenge to electronically track usage of these assets with shippers, third-party logistics providers (3PLs), carriers, marine terminals and rail ramps.

“The problem is that there are many parties and systems involved when using chassis to dray containers,” Glenn Jones, global vice...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/do-you-know-where-your-chassis-are

Truckers counter ocean carrier effort to dismiss chassis complaint

container chassis

Drayage truckers represented by the American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) fired back at a group of ocean carriers’ effort to have a complaint before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission dismissed.

The initial IMCC complaint, which was filed with the FMC on Aug. 17, alleged the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA) and its 10 carrier members use “unjust and unreasonable” chassis provision model practices.

Specifically, the truckers claimed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-counter-ocean-carrier-effort-to-dismiss-chassis-complaint

DCLI expands chassis fleet in US Gulf region

Direct ChassisLink (DCLI) said it has recently added 1,000 new chassis to its proprietary pool in the U.S. Gulf region.

DCLI has been adding these chassis to its pool in Houston since March. However, the company said it expects the equipment to support container draymen and shippers throughout the Gulf.

The company added the chassis to the Gulf region after its departure earlier this year from the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association’s (OCEMA) Gulf Consolidated Chassis Pool (GCCP),...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/dcli-expands-chassis-fleet-in-us-gulf

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