APL no longer provides container chassis in Denver and Salt Lake City

SINGAPORE's global container shipping line APL has announced that it will no longer provide container chassis in Denver and Salt Lake City in its first phase of withdrawing from chassis provisioning in the US.

Henceforth, motor carriers will provide chassis as part of their drayage services with truckers in Denver and Salt Lake City having the option of obtaining chassis from leasing company FLEXI-Van Inc or other lessors, said an APL statement.

"We have been working diligently to assure that the transition to a different chassis provisioning model is as seamless and as convenient as possible for our customers and their truckers," said APL Americas president Gene Seroka.

Shipping lines operating in the US have historically managed chassis fleets, making chassis available to truckers hauling containers. APL said that motor carriers are in a better position to efficiently use chassis in their operations.

The shipping line announced earlier this year that it will stop providing chassis at most US inland terminals in 2012 and the move will extend elsewhere in the US in 2013.