IANA Announces Chassis Violation Management System
HOUSTON — The Intermodal Association of North America unveiled an electronic method for faster reporting of intermodal chassis roadside inspection information reports, which identify repairs that equipment providers should make to maintain a safe equipment fleet.
The approach known as the Driver Vehicle Examination Report was developed in less than four months in cooperation with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and was announced during the group’s Intermodal Expo here.
The pilot program is designed to provide faster handling of inspection report information, which can include citations or confirm that no violations were found on the chassis. Until now, those reports only were done on paper and often not turned in by a driver to the chassis provider or the carrier.
The new approach moves the inspection information by e-mail directly to truckers and chassis providers. It’s available to participants in IANA’s equipment registry and interchange programs, which are used by nearly all chassis providers and motor carriers.
Drives are required to provide copies of violation citations to both the carrier and chassis provider, ideally within 24 hours, IANA said in its statement. “More often than not, hard-copy reports remain undelivered, making it difficult for an [equipment provider] to meet the 15-day deadline for fixing any equipment deficiencies,” it said.
“FMCSA is proud to collaborate with IANA to move towards a more a paperless roadside environment,” FMCSA Chief Safety Officer Jack Van Steenburg said in the statement. “This ensures that the [equipment providers] are maintaining the required safety standards for their chassis.”
