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Truckers Criticize * USA - Maersk Plans
New York-New Jersey port truckers said they support the concept of chassis pools, but aren't happy with Maersk's planned Direct ChassisLink program, and won't support it without changes
New York,NY,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Joe Bonney -Jul 14, 2009: -- After hearing the complaints at a two-hour meeting July 14 with several dozen members of the Association of Bi-State Motor Carriers, Maersk officials said they would do what they could to address the truckers' objections. However, they defended the planned chassis pool and said that Maersk will stick with its scheduled Aug. 3 date... Truckers complained that the pool's $11 daily fee for chassis use would cause backups at terminals on Fridays, when users would seek to avoid the daily fee over the weekend. They also said truckers would have have problems passing fees to shippers that negotiate free use of chassis from Maersk or other ship lines. "We're going to end up eating a lot of that money," said Tom Heimgartner, president of Best Transportation... (Photo from ambhanoi.um.dk: EmmaMaersk1)
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