Steamship lines sometimes offer an included chassis for trucking companies. Similarly, non-vessel operating common carriers sometimes offer a chassis program linked to the chassis pools for their carrier partners. While these offers may sound attractive, is a typical “chassis deal” really a deal at all?
Many of the pandemic-fueled headwinds that have plagued the logistics industry over the past two years are beginning to subside, but U.S. ports are still being slammed with more volume than they can handle on a daily basis.
Port X aims to create an environment where drivers feel like part of the greater team, not sequestered from it.
While drayage has faced demand surges, they have often been the relatively short-lived consequences of labor strikes or steamship company shutdowns. The impact of the pandemic has been much greater, and it is here to stay.
Companies that have historically treated drayage and other inland transportation services as an afterthought will need to shift this mindset in order to survive in the current maritime environment.
“Right now it seems like everyone is flying blind, then playing hot potato by giving it to the next party,” Kempisty said.
Port X Logistics adds warehousing and transportation provider Denver Express to its portfolio.
“I think we need to squash the whole thing and start over,” said Kempisty.
“We’ve had to add on logistics support staff for appointments, to take pictures of the long lines.”
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