Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference

Intermodal truckers secure win against ocean carriers

WASHINGTON — Intermodal truck drivers and their companies operating in four U.S. geographical regions may soon have more choices among providers of the chassis they use to haul ocean containers to and from ports and container yards.

Erin Wirth, Federal Maritime Commission chief administrative law judge, issued an initial decision on Monday. Wirth ruled, among other things, that exclusive agreements between ocean carriers and chassis providers violate the U.S. Shipping Act when a motor carrier is...

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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...

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Ocean carrier group seeks dray truckers’ chassis complaint dismissal

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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...

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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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Drayage truckers, ocean carriers discuss chassis lease rate disparity

A national group representing drayage trucking companies says it has started talks with the Ocean Carrier Equipment Association (OCEMA) to resolve a festering dispute involving rate disparities in chassis leases.

“OCEMA notified us they received our cease-and-desist letter and we have begun a dialogue with them about the issues raised by our members,” Tyler Rushforth, executive director of the American Trucking Association’s Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference (IMCC), told American Shipper on...

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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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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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