Drayage

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

container chassis

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...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/truckers-seek-18b-from-ocean-carriers-for-alleged-chassis-overcharges

ITG Transportation Services partners with Catapult to make multimodal quoting even easier

Red drayage truck loading container at port

For many freight forwarders, the international shipping market remains fragmented, so obtaining a quote can be an inefficient process. Without the consolidated pricing of a quote management system (QMS) platform, freight forwarders must reach out individually to customs brokers, drayage providers — not to mention multiple steamship lines — to procure a comprehensive quote. 

That’s precisely why Dan Kopp, CEO of ITG Transportation Services, and Virgil Ferreira, CEO of Catapult, decided to...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/itg-transportation-services-partners-with-catapult-to-make-multimodal-quoting-even-easier

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...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/qa-us-container-chassis-industry-still-finding-itself

Drayage update: The future of EDI (with video)

Bristlecone Vice President Vikram Kaul on video chat

Social, political and economic conditions at the national and global levels are changing at breakneck speed, and it is more important than ever to maintain clear lines of communication and information sharing across the logistics industry.

Electronic data interchange (EDI) may not be a brand new technology, but it is a prominent and effective way to keep track of transactions. EDI digitizes the paper trail involved in every transaction, significantly cutting down on errors. 

Bristlecone has...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drayage-update-the-future-of-edi-with-video

FMC’s Dye sets demurrage and detention interviews for ports including LA/LB

Commissioner Rebecca Dye of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, as part of “phase two” of the agency’s ongoing Fact Finding 28 demurrage and detention investigation, has scheduled field interviews at Ports on New York, Florida and California as well as in her Washington, DC office:

  • Los Angeles and Long Beach from Oct. 17 to 19.
  • Port Everglades and Port of Miami from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.
  • Port of New York and New Jersey from Nov. 7 to 9.

To prepare the Fact Finding 28 investigation’s final report...

http://www.longshoreshippingnews.com/2018/10/fmcs-dye-sets-demurrage-and-detention-interviews-for-ports-including-lalb/

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