Truck classifications are primarily based on the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR), which is the maximum operating weight/mass of a vehicle as specified by the manufacturer, including the vehicle's chassis, body, engine, engine fluids, fuel, accessories, driver, passengers, and cargo, but exclu...
Air suspension is one of the most critical developments in trucking, but what exactly is it? In Layman’s terms, air suspension is pneumatically-assisted suspension; however, there are a couple of different styles to discuss. Towing Air Suspension ...
Chassis:Essentially, this is a dolly to transfer the container to your truck. It’s a wheeled frame linking railroads to over-the-road equipment. Amazon partners with railroads to provide the chassis for all shipments, so carriers don’t pay rental charges when they use rail ramps. At our ...
There is a common misunderstanding that intermodal is operationally complicated, but while there are more steps in getting freight from A to B than truckload, an IMC allows shippers to make one call and receive one invoice, making the intermodal shipment process feel as simple as its over-the-...
Usually, the intermodal transportation process itself begins by taking these loaded containers and putting them ontochassisso a freight truck can carry them. HISTORY OF INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION Before intermodal freight transportation, shipping cargo involved a heavy labor cost in a process called “break...
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The chassis is the under-frame used to straddle a container before road transport begins. If the chassis isn’t in the same location as the container, the trucking company will charge you a fee to cover the cost of pick up. This fee is usually between $50-$110. ...
This is when different carriers handle containers as they travel to their destination. For example, a container could move from a trucking terminal to a rail yard, where the containers continue on a train. In inter-carrier drayage, the trucking company and the train are separate entities. ...
No matter what they're called, at the very core they're all manufactured to a similar specification and are able to be universally handled, managed, and transported on nearly any container ship, train, and chassis in the world. However, it is important to note that there are sizes unique...
“Only in the last six feet of the container’s journey on the landside, when it is placed on a truck chassis, does an operator step in. But how long until employers automate those final six feet as well?” he wrote. USMX responded in a statement released on Tuesday (December 3),...