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Intermodal News Report Intermodal Association of Chicago February 6, 2012

Intermodal News Report Intermodal Association of Chicago February 6, 2012. Jason Hilsenbeck LoadMatch & Drayage.com President – Founder. LoadMatch.com. Intermodal Equipment Matching Drayage truckers post having empty containers

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Intermodal News Report Intermodal Association of Chicago February 6, 2012

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  1. Intermodal News ReportIntermodal Association of ChicagoFebruary 6, 2012 Jason Hilsenbeck LoadMatch & Drayage.com President – Founder

  2. LoadMatch.com • Intermodal Equipment Matching • Drayage truckers post having empty containers • Shippers/Freight Forwarders/Ocean Lines/IMCs post loads needing containers • Email or XML message is sent to each party when a posting matches a need with a have • Free to post …AND no transaction fees

  3. Drayage.com • Phonebook of Draymen • Over 1800+ unique draymen profiles listed • Search draymen in USA & Canada for chassis, haz-mat, transloading/warehousing, customs bonded, parking, CY operations, SCAC, TWIC, TSA, dry/refrigerated/household/tank drayage • Blast an email out to a group of draymen that matches your requirements

  4. LoadMatch & Drayage.com • Online since 1999, our goal is to provide visibility online of equipment, power only, and loads to the Intermodal - Import/Export community • Full Membership is just flat $50 per month • Independently owned; not affiliated with any customer or vendor

  5. data as of Feb 3, 2012 - researched by Jason Hilsenbeck, owner of

  6. data as of Feb 3, 2012 - researched by Jason Hilsenbeck, owner of

  7. Closures • 5/2011 - Compass Consolidators closes doors after 35 years • 9/2011 - Romarintermodal division became an agent for Landstar after 20+ years (Romar started out as Trailer Train in 1965) • 12/2011 - Rockwell Transportation closes after starting out in 1981

  8. IMC / FF / Broker News • 9/2011 – Mark XVI (Mark 16?) founded by former Mark VII / ExelTransportation (now Mode) owners Bob Liss, Dave Hursey, J Michael Head • 11/2011 – Transplace, an NVO/FF merged with the Celtic International, an IMC (keeping Celtic name) • 12/2011 –Echo Global Logistics, OTR Broker, buys Transport Systems - TTS, an IMC located in Rochester, NY (TTS started in 1981, will change name to Echo)

  9. Distribution News • January 31, 2012 - Chicago Sun-Times • Home Depot open new distribution center in February 2 in Joliet (655,000 square-foot distribution center, to employ 350 people) • Dayton Freight Lines plans to open new terminal late 2012 in Joliet as well (110 jobs) • February 3, 2012 – Caterpillar /Progress Rail closing Electro-Motive / London, ON plant, opening in Muncie, IN (2 1/2 times bigger)

  10. Drayage Trucking News • Old Dominion opens container drayage terminals in Baltimore and Seattle/Tacoma on February 1, 2012 (now 16 terminals doing stand along container trucking!) Atlanta, GA ~ Baltimore, MD ~ Charleston, SC ~ Charlotte, NC ~ Chicago, IL ~ Greensboro, NC ~ Huntsville, AL ~ Jacksonville, FL ~ Long Beach, CA ~ Memphis, TN ~ Mobile, AL ~ Norfolk, VA ~ Oakland, CA ~ Savannah, GA ~ Seattle/Tacoma, WA ~ Wilmington, NC

  11. Drayage Trucking News • Knight Trucking opens container drayage in Oakland, Seattle, Kansas City, Gulfport MS (already serving Los Angeles/Phoenix, New Orleans) • Schneider National Intermodal Services offering stand-alone container drayage service in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Laredo

  12. Drayage Trucking News • Transport America offering stand-alone container drayage service in Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, Birmingham, Memphis, and Atlanta

  13. Really Recent News • February 3, 2012 – CN opens intermodal terminal in Chippewa Falls, WI (100 miles east of Minneapolis) • February 3, 2012 – Maersk sells chassis-leasing subsidiary Direct ChassisLink (DCLI) • February 3, 2012 – Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Acts passed by House committee but the full House rejected proposal on Feb 6

  14. Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Acts • conduct a three year study on increasing the truck weight to 88,000 pounds with five axles and 97,000 pounds with six axles. • 80,000 lbs. United States gross limit went into effect 1981 • 97,000 lbs. Europe limit (44 tons) • 103,000 lbs. Canada average limit (46.5 tons) (western province of Alberta, Canada: 140,000 lbs./63,500 kilograms) • 107,000 lbs. Mexico's limit (48.5 tons)

  15. Conclusion • International ocean container volume had slow growth in 2011, expect same for 2012 • 53’ domestic container volumes increased dramatically in 2011, expect even more truckload-to-intermodal conversion in 2012 • With increase in intermodal volume and demand for CSA safety scores, expect more truckload carriers to offer stand-alone drayage service.

  16. Thank you Jason Hilsenbeck President LoadMatch & Drayage.com Naperville, IL www.loadmatch.com = Equipment Matching www.drayage.com = Phonebook of Draymen 630-428-9230 x114

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