From the Journal of Commerce:

Direct ChassisLink Inc. said it is temporarily restricting use of its intermodal chassis in the New York-New Jersey area to truckers hauling containers for three of DCLI’s main ocean carrier customers.

In a notice to truckers Thursday, the company said that effective July 24, any motor carrier using a DCLI chassis for to haul containers other than those of Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. or Hamburg Sud would be charged a $200 fee.

“We hope we don’t have to charge that,” said Ron Joseph, senior vice president and chief operating officer at DCLI. “We’re just trying to create more chassis availability for our contractual customers.”

Truckers were surprised by DCLI’s announcement, which came as port and industry officials continue to struggle to agree on how to create a port-wide pool of interchangeable chassis.

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