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There is a lot of waste in intermodal, and if I were back in the shipping line industry, that’s where I would focus. I “ also see some opportunities in the chassis ? eet area, and demurrage and detention can be more effectively handled. ”” – Jim Newsome, President and CEO,

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA)

Photo: SCPA pool. In TRAC Select, we have chassis according to NACPC chairman Dave gistics for all stakeholders. To that end, This year, in the ports of Charleston, Sa- that are the 40-foot marine chassis with Manning. That way of thinking might be and in November of 2016, a delegation vannah and other regional destinations, radial tires, LED lights, ABS brakes, at odds with an out? t like TRAC, whose from the Canadian Port of Prince Rupert a new way of trying to make sure that they have GPS on them ... In fact, our myriad service and hardware improve- Sound gave a compelling presentation at chassis are not the weak link in the sup-

GenSet chassis are distributed through ments come – by their own admission a Hong Kong Logistics Trade Event. I ply chain, is underway. Importantly, the our TRAC Select pool.” – at a premium cost. At the same time, was there for it. One by one, each stake- FMC edict comes at a time when the

Now, though, and for Savannah and Charleston and Savannah both have pub- holder – trucking, the port, rail, and liner normally ? ve-position commission is

Charleston, the trucker-founded North licly stated that they want more, better companies – all weighed in port ef? cien- seating only two commissioners. Hence,

American Chassis Pool Cooperative and newer chassis, and that the Southern cies. United in their message, they told a vote which emanates from a federal (NACPC) will operate the Southern States Chassis Pool is the ticket that will listeners, “We’re only as good as the body that arguably can’t even muster a

States Chassis Pool. Truckers will pay get them to the Promised Land. The real mode that is immediately in front of us quorum is set to impact the domestic, a single rate, regardless of which equip- solution probably resides somewhere or immediately behind us, and if the ef? - intermodal landscape. Predictably, not ment provider is chosen. No pro? ts will in between. All parties want the same ciency of any of those modes is not good, everyone is on board with the nascent ef- be distributed to the NACPC owners, thing: improved service and better lo- then the entire supply chain … it hurts.” fort. Only time will tell who is right.

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