Locations will include Houston, New Orleans and Mobile as well as Portland and Seattle.
DCLI will offer chassis for use in these market areas to drayage companies at marine terminals, container yards and railroads, expanding the current program from the Northeast, Ohio Valley and Chicago/Midwest areas.
Drayage companies, customers and terminal operators in this expanded area will have a truly neutral chassis alternative providing them with the potential for greater operational efficiency, improved transport safety and a reduced environmental footprint.
Chassis that originate from any of the port marine, local area rail or container yard (CY) terminals will be subject to the DCLI model starting June 1st.
Drayage companies must have a valid DCLI interchange agreement in place in order to take full advantage of the program
According to Direct ChassisLink vice president Andy Chinigo, more than 1,000 truckers are currently participating in the program in the northeast, Ohio Valley and Midwest regions.
A drayage company will be able to use the same DCLI chassis multiple times in one day for any ocean carrier's or other container moves. On return to one of the designated locations, the daily usage fee will stop on the chassis, and invoices for the calendar days from gate out to gate in will be submitted directly to the draymen. A valid DCLI interchange agreement is necessary for the chassis regardless of the ocean carrier's equipment.
The fourth phase of the program will increase the DCLI fleet available to draymen to more than 20,000 chassis.
