chassis management

FMC assigns truckers’ chassis compliant to administrative law judges

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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has assigned to its Office of Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) a complaint from the American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) alleging massive overcharges for container chassis use in recent years.

The FMC received the complaint from the association on Aug. 17.

The agency said in a Federal Register notice on Friday that the ALJ will make an initial decision by Aug. 24, 2021, followed by a final decision by the commission...

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Truckers seek $1.8B from ocean carriers for alleged chassis overcharges

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The American trucking industry has filed a cease-and-desist request with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) over what it says are ocean container carriers distorting the cost of chassis usage.

The American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) filed the complaint against the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA) and 10 of its ocean carrier members with the FMC on Monday.

The complaint also calls for the OCEMA and members to pay the trucking...

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FreightWaves Flashback 1960: “Walk-Through” Containers Give Maximum Flexibility

The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each Friday, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

The following is an excerpt from the August 1960 edition of the Florida Journal of Commerce.

An order for 110 special chassis to carry the exclusively designed cargo containers for the Erie &...

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FMC finds NY/NJ port ‘minimally impacted’ operationally by COVID-19

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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) found that the coronavirus pandemic has minimally impacted container shipping operations within the Port of New York and New Jersey compared to what was experienced in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California the first half of this year.

The FMC conducted numerous interviews with New York/New Jersey port and shipping industry officials as part of its ongoing Fact Finding 29, which the agency launched earlier this year to evaluate...

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Q&A: DCLI calls national chassis pool debate an illusion

Port of Houston

On the surface, a national chassis pool might appear to be a panacea for American shippers and their truckers, who continue to struggle with managing this crucial equipment for their intermodal container moves. But this type of pool would quickly prove disastrous, according to one industry representative who opposes the concept.

“We believe shippers and especially truckers are being led astray,” said Ryan Houfek, chief commercial officer of DCLI. “This one-size-fits-all approach of a single gray...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/qampa-dcli-calls-national-chassis-pool-debate-an-illusion

Q&A: US container chassis industry still finding itself

Container chassis in the U.S. have been a challenge to manage in the drayage and intermodal ocean transport space even during the best of economic times due to the numerous players and handoffs associated with the equipment.

There is also the ongoing regional logistics and capacity tug of war among chassis providers and users.

Mike Wilson, CEO of Consolidated Chassis Management (Photo: Courtesy)

Mike Wilson, CEO of Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM), a chassis pool management company owned by...

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American shippers, draymen want ocean carriers out of chassis pools

Most ocean container carriers have divested their ownership of wheeled chassis to third-party service providers, but American shippers and their draymen say they continue to wield considerable commercial influence over the cost to use this equipment.

“The chassis situation is one of the most complex and contentious components in our international supply chain, which is why we assembled all the players, making this a spirited topic at our virtual 32nd Annual Meeting,” Peter Friedmann, executive...

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Top time sucks in ocean shipping

Bill Rooney, the vice president of strategic development for Kuehne + Nagel, told the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) this week that requests for quotes (RFQs) are “a good idea gone bad.”

“Number 2 on my list of things that suck up more time without adequate payoff are RFQs,” Rooney said. “Many of them are way too complicated. … It’s in many cases a process that’s really pretty bad. As they’re conducted today, many RFQs lead to faulty and suboptimal business decisions.”

Rooney said he...

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Drayage truckers ramp up chassis-rate dispute with ocean carriers

U.S. trucking companies claiming that foreign ocean carriers have been manipulating the intermodal chassis-leasing market at the truck carriers’ expense are ready to take their dispute to federal regulators.

In a May 4 letter to the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA), whose members represent 80% of the U.S. container market, the Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) warned that they will be filing a formal complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) unless...

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