Container chassis

Gaining intermodal asset status without manual inspection key to port efficiency

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During the second quarter of 2021, intermodal container volume increased almost 30% year-over-year. Shifts in consumer behavior, labor shortages at ports and other factors force ports to work around the clock and freight technology companies to zero in on solutions to increase that velocity. 

PowerFleet, a leading provider of subscription-based wireless Internet of Things (IoT) technology and end-to-end solutions, recently demoed two new products that will address the challenge of supply chain...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gaining-intermodal-asset-status-without-manual-inspection-key-to-port-efficiency

Envase adds Tailwind to expand TMS profile

Envase Technologies

Envase Technologies has acquired Tailwind Transportation Software to grow its transportation management system (TMS) offering to the North American trucking sector.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Tailwind, based in Delta, British Columbia, offers TMS for freight forwarding, brokerage, intermodal and over-the-road trucking services.

“Our larger carriers with both intermodal and over-the-road fleets will benefit from access to a robust set of tools to help them efficiently manage...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/envase-adds-tailwind-to-expand-tms-profile

CIEM chassis begin rollout at new Virginia plant

CIE Manufacturing

CIE Manufacturing (CIEM) this week has started rolling out the first container chassis from its new manufacturing plant at Emporia, Virginia.

The South Gate, California-based company, formerly CIMC Intermodal Equipment, began setting up its Virginia chassis manufacturing facility in July. The production site encompasses 43 acres about 70 miles west of the Port of Virginia at Hampton Roads.

“Our plans for this entire manufacturing complex are quite extensive and surely will allow our brand to...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ciem-chassis-begin-rollout-at-new-virginia-plant

Envase acquires SecurSpace for drayage storage

Envase Technologies

Envase Technologies has expanded its transportation management system (TMS) offering in the intermodal container and drayage space by acquiring SecurSpace, an online marketplace that connects truckers with available parking and storage lots.

“SecurSpace is highly complementary to our existing functionality, offering a technology-driven marketplace where trucks, chassis and containers can be stored in over 1,000 yards nationwide,” said Envase CEO Larry Cuddy Jr. in a statement.

“This is an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/envase-acquires-securspace-for-drayage-storage

Truckers counter ocean carrier effort to dismiss chassis complaint

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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

Ocean carrier group seeks dray truckers’ chassis complaint dismissal

Federal Maritime Commission

A group of ocean carriers that has been accused of abusing its commercial position in how it secures container chassis wants a complaint brought before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) dismissed.

The American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) alleged in its Aug. 17 complaint to the FMC that the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA) and its 10 carrier members use “unjust and unreasonable” chassis provision model practices by “requiring...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ocean-carrier-group-seeks-dray-truckers-chassis-complaint-dismissal

US chassis providers stay on roll to radial tires

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U.S. container chassis providers say they aim to have their fleets bias-tire free by 2023.

During the past decade, these operators — namely Direct ChassisLink (DCLI), TRAC Intermodal, FlexiVan and the North American Chassis Pool Cooperative (NACPC) — have spent tens of millions of dollars a year to convert their chassis fleets from bias-ply to radial tires.

Val Noel, chief operating officer for TRAC Intermodal (Photo: Courtesy)

“It’s a big-ticket item for us, but it’s the right thing to do,”...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/us-chassis-providers-stay-on-roll-to-radial-tires

FMCSA approves ‘performance-based’ chassis inspection training

Intermodal Association of America

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

Schmitz Cargobull brings container chassis back

January 2019 – Container transport is regarded as the backbone of global supply chains. Almost all packaged goods arrive by container into European sea ports. Flexibility and speed, above all, are what matter with commercial transport. “Container chassis are a key component of the solution in combined road and rail transport,” explains Andreas Schmitz, Chair of Schmitz Cargobull AG. “This is precisely why we are once again bringing back the S.CF container chassis semi-trailer into our range.”...

http://container-news.com/schmitz-cargobull-brings-container-chassis-back/