Southern California Terminal Operators Drop Chassis Fee Plan
Southern California marine terminals have dropped a plan to charge chassis lessors $5 per unit traveling through cargo facilities in the face of opposition from the businesses that provide the majority of chassis equipment to move truck freight in the region.
August 23, 2016Intermodal Chassis Provider DCLI to Be Bought by Private Equity Firm
Private equity firm EQT Infrastructure II Fund has agreed to buy intermodal equipment provider Direct ChassisLink Inc. from investor Littlejohn & Co. for an undisclosed sum, a move that represents the latest shake-up in the provision of chassis for shippers, truckers, ocean carriers and railroads.
May 12, 2016Groups Say Parties Are Making Progress in Effort to Form N.Y.-N.J. Chassis Pool
Efforts to finally create a New York-New Jersey area chassis pool are ongoing as equipment providers, labor and port executives attempt to craft a workable approach to the thorny issue, trucking officials said.
August 17, 2015Consolidated Chassis Management Appoints Poelma to Succeed Wojcik
Intermodal equipment pool operator Consolidated Chassis Management said that Jon Poelma has been appointed senior vice president and chief operator, succeeding CEO Phil Wojcik in the top management post.
July 2, 2015Three Large Chassis Owners Begin Pool in Southern California to Tackle Shortage
Three of the largest intermodal chassis owners announced the startup of a pool in Southern California that is meant to address ongoing difficulties with equipment supply at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.
March 9, 2015Southern California Chassis Pool Begins Operation
Three of the largest intermodal chassis owners said they have begun operating a pool at Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, the nation’s two largest ports, to improve trucking operations.
March 2, 2015DOJ Ruling Clears Way to Advance SoCal Chassis Pool Plan
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Justice Department has cleared the way for greater cooperation between two of the three largest chassis pool operators in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area that is intended to further free flow of chassis throughout the port.
September 23, 2014Chassis Users Can Expect Higher Rates, Better Equipment, Leasing Execs Predict
HOUSTON — Chassis users can expect higher rates, better quality equipment and no short-term resolution to the intermodal industry’s equipment challenges, top executives of the three largest chassis leasing companies said.
November 25, 2013Lax Chassis Rule Enforcement Reduces Safety, Truckers Say
Four-year-old intermodal equipment safety rules that were supposed to make chassis safer have failed to accomplish that goal because the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration isn’t enforcing the law, according to trucking officials.
October 21, 2013Port Operators, ILA Warn Chassis Owners to Keep Using Union Labor for Repairs
Intermodal truckers could face a new operational threat after a recent warning from port labor and management to leasing companies, the primary owners of chassis, that union workers must continue to fix and repair the equipment.
August 26, 2013