Yang Ming exits chassis business in 9 cities

Yang Ming exits chassis business in 9 cities    Yang Ming (America) Corp. said it will no longer provide chassis for container transport to and from nine U.S. locations, effective Nov. 1.
   The Taiwanese carrier said the change “is intended to increase cost effectiveness and turnaround efficiency, while importantly also reducing pollution.”
   According to Yang Ming, it will no longer provide chassis in Baltimore; Buffalo, N.Y.; Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa, Fla.; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; South Kearny, N.J.; and Worcester, Mass.
   “Yang Ming believes this new, multiphase chassis policy will improve efficiencies on many levels within the international and local supply chain. Truckers will now have greater flexibility, and terminal congestion will be reduced, greatly protecting the environment from fleets of idling trucks,” the company said.
   Earlier this week, Hyundai Merchant Marine added its name to a growing list of companies planning to stop routinely providing chassis for port-to-port moves of containerized cargo, including Hanjin, ACL, CMA CGM, NYK, OOCL and Evergreen. Maersk Line last year decided to stop providing chassis, and created an independent subsidiary, Direct Chassis Link, to lease chassis to truckers.