Intermodal chassis leasing firm Direct ChassisLink Inc. (DCLI) said today it acquired all 11,000 marine chassis owned by the North American arm of Japanese liner shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha Inc. (NYK) that were operated on the U.S. mainland.
The 11,000 units will be placed in pools managed by Consolidated Chassis Management LLC (CCM), as well as in the Hampton Roads, Va. pool. DCLI controls about 133,000 chassis out of 160 U.S. locations. NYK will continue to own chassis used in Alaska and Hawaii.
