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Congress passes ocean shipping reform; Biden plans to sign soon

Container vessel at Port of Los Angeles

The first major overhaul of regulations governing U.S. container trades since 1998 was easily approved by Congress on Monday and President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law shortly.

By a vote of 369-42, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) of 2022, which is the Senate’s version of a reform bill passed by the House in December.

The legislation, which broadens the powers of the Federal Maritime Commission to address unfair business practices on the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/congress-passes-ocean-shipping-reform-biden-plans-to-sign-soon

DOT opens probe into container, chassis shortages

The Biden administration is asking a “broad range of stakeholders” involved with moving freight to help solve the country’s container and intermodal chassis shortages while also trying to alleviate supply chain chokepoints.

In an information request to be posted in the Federal Register on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation wants to get public comment on current challenges faced by the freight and logistics sector, including:

  • Current and potential future shortages and/or distribution...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-opens-probe-into-container-chassis-shortages

Intermodal Summit: Domestic chassis manufacturers took on Chinese imports…and won

This fireside chat recap is a from FreightWaves’ Intermodal Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT DETAILS: A group of U.S. manufacturers that manufacture intermodal container chassis found themselves losing huge market share to imports from China. They concluded that China was not competing fairly under international trade laws and banded together to seek action from Washington. Their lead attorney sits down with editor at large John Kingston to describe how the producers won a stunning victory. (A FreightWaves...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/intermodal-summit-domestic-chassis-manufacturers-took-on-chinese-imports-and-won

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

US regulator probing China’s role in container shortage

A top maritime official has started an informal investigation into whether China is using its market power to monopolize containers and other equipment crucial to international supply chains to pump up rates paid by American exporters.

Carl Bentzel, a U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner (FMC), told attendees at a virtual business meeting hosted by the Intermodal Association of North America that he is looking into the availability of containers, intermodal chassis and railroad equipment, and...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/us-regulator-probing-chinas-role-in-container-shortage

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

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

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

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...

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

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