Do It Yourself: Lowe’s creates house chassis fleet

Posted on September 11, 2013 by | 1 comment

Who is going to supply chassis for containers in the US? It’s an ongoing question I’ve been interested in for a while.  Ocean carriers used to do it; they owned about 30% of all chassis used to move shipping containers around.  Now they have opted out.  Well, not exactly; they formed a separate company called CCM to pool chassis and rent them to carriers.  but some companies are concerned about availability and road-ability, and could move to private fleets. Here’s a story about one.

Do It Yourself: Lowe’s creates house chassis fleet | AS Daily Newsletter | AS Daily | American Shipper.

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New legislation for US ports under consideration

Posted on August 31, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Port Strategy newsletter says two US senators introduced legislation to change the taxing of cargo to raise more money and to prevent cargo escaping the fees by coming through Canadian ports and coming in by rail.  The Harbor Maintenance Tax is currently not always collected, and is open to the run-around through Canada with rail entry.

Port Strategy – New legislation for US ports.

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Top 30 U.S. Ports: Economies of scale

Posted on August 31, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Here is an article discussing various ports’ beliefs about why they rank where they do.  The list is instructive, though. LA and Long beach are still 1 and 2, and Oakland is 6th. I was surprised by that.

Top 30 U.S. Ports: Economies of scale in play – Article from Logistics Management.

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