Between the Wharf and the Warehouse ‐What's Next?
Chris Osen (Panel Moderator) – Vice President of Supply Chain, MeadWestvacoAdam Bridges ‐ Vice President of Marketing and New Business Development, TRAC Intermodal John Gray ‐ Sr. Vice President, Policy and Economics, Association of American RailroadsBrian Jones – Vice President Claims, Insurance & Regulatory, ZIM American Integrated Shipping SvcsBoyd Stephenson‐ Representative from American Trucking Association
Truck - Van19%
Container Dray27%Rail
27%
Warehouse27%
Supply Chain Example
Environmental Geopolitical Global Economies
Rail: * Boxcar availability* IM Infrastructure
Warehouse: * Inventories* Rail Served* Off Port/Near Port
Container Dray: * Clean trucks* Chassis model* Weight limits* Fuel Costs
Truck - Van:* Capacity - Drivers/Equip* HOS, CSA, * Highway Funding* Fuel Costs
Changes in Providing Chassis in the Container Industry
• Ocean carriers focusing on cost rationalizing and focusing on core business
• Third party equipment providers better suited to bring efficiency to chassis operations over time
• No single uniform solution adopted by all carriers• New opportunities for direct contracting between OTI’s, BCO’s and equipment providers
About TRAC
• World’s largest Marine and Domestic chassis provider (260,000)
• Operating throughout North America• Network of chassis pools and depots at the freight• Supplier to Steamship Lines, Rails, Motor Carriers, Shippers, &
Terminal Operators • Flexible solutions from leases to integrated operations
TRAC is an Intermodal chassis pool manager and equipment provider for domestic and international
shippers
Chassis Market – In Transition2012 – 2014
Steamship lines exit chassisownership
70%
10%
10%
5%5% Leasing Co (70%)
Motor Carriers (10%)
Shippers (10%)
SSLs (5%)
Ports (5%)
~50% today
Terms of sales are changing – driving product innovation and quality
TRAC Partners Include
TRAC has over 2,400 Motor Carrier Customers
Lease Pool
Equipment Nation Wide Availability Fleet Management & Maintenance
$250m Insurance Coverage
Incremental Capacity
Flexible Billing Solutions “Street” logistics
Solutions Are In The Market
New customers bring new needs and new ideas to the market
Keys To Smooth Transition
• Chassis Market – Scalable for block sales• Asset supply – Support seasonality & growth• Management – M&R and Fleet• Management – Data• Management – Billing• Hosting – Rails, Ports, Depots, Drop Lots, Swaps• Innovation – Bundled services
5/16/2012 9:29 AMDriving Efficiency, Safety & Compliance
Key Messages
• The supply chain is healthy• Competition is vibrant• Equipment efficiency is improving• Equipment quality is improving• Innovation & collaboration is accelerating
Data are for Class I railroads. e – estimate Source: AAR
U.S. Freight Railroad Capital Spending($ Billions)
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADSSLIDE 11
Major Rail Served PortsGreater Than 1 Million Rail Tons Annually
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADSSLIDE 13
Some Major Recent and Underway Intermodal Corridor and Terminal Projects
Important characteristics of the intermodal network
• Must accommodate both domestic and international business
• Focused around high volume origin‐destination pairs• At its best when operated as single origin to destination trains.
• Cost control and service reliability is critical.
Characteristics of newer generation of intermodal terminals
• Usually located outside immediate urban areas• Easily accessible to strong highway network, which allows rail corridor volumes to be maximized
• Designed to accommodate adjacent distribution/production centers
• Future growth land available• Minimization of “on terminal” vehicle movements
Characteristics of strong intermodal corridors
• Capacity sufficient to keep trains moving/avoid congestion delays
• Sufficient length to compete with truck service/cost• Sufficient density to keep costs competitive• Strong highway feeder system at each end at intermediate
terminals.
• The supply chain is healthy• Competition is vibrant• Equipment efficiency is improving• Equipment quality is improving• Innovation & collaboration is accelerating
Summary
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