The Number of Ocean Carriers Getting Rid of Their Chassis Keeps Growing

Posted 14 years ago

Two more shipping carriers, NYK  and Evergreen, have decided to halt the supply of container chassis for trucking moves in the United States. The list of carriers now include:

ACL - started on June
OOCL - September 1st
CMA CGM - October 1st
NYK - August 1st
Evergreen - August 15th

The dates are when the carriers will begin phasing out their carrier-owned chassis fleet. Implementation will start in parts of the East coast for most and gradually expand to the rest of the country.  Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Miami are some of the East Coast locations.

All of these carriers believe that such a move will improve operational efficiencies and lower total cost.  'The US is the only country where ocean carriers provide chassis and it is neither efficient nor economical to continue to do so', Evergreen said in a statement.  And according to ACL, trucking companies and owner operators can manage a chassis fleet more cost-efficiently than an ocean carrier.