1. Intermodal News Report Intermodal Association of Chicago February 2, 2015
Jason Hilsenbeck
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13. Intermodal 53’ Container Fleets - United States (dry, for railroad)
Unit Count
Intermodal 53’ Container Fleets - United States (dry, for railroad)
73,300
JBHU - JB Hunt (+7300 from last year; doesn't include 200 reefer cntrs)
28,400
HGIU, HGWU, UPHU, NHUU, NHWU, HUNU - Hub Group (+3400 from last year)
17,500
PACU - Pacer (-500 from last year)
17,200
SNLU - Schneider (+3,200 from last year)
9150
SWRU - Swift (+450 from last year)
5000
UPSU - UPS   (unchanged)
1850
FDXU, FEDU - FedEx Freight, FedEx Ground (1750 FDXU, 100 FEDU)
1000
APDU - APL Logistics (unchanged)
RBTU - CH Robinson (unchanged)
800
UTLU - Universal Logistics (unchanged, some leased to FedEx)
600
MEQU - Milestone (unchanged)(pool equipment, currently all under lease)
475
CFQU - COFC Logistics (-25 from last year, adding 300 this year, from Marten fleet)
400
MTLU - Marten (ending, 300 will be going to COFC)
300
MLHU - Matson Logistics (+100 from last year)
125
DRTU - Dart (-225 from last year)
100
WARU - White Arrow (+35 from last year) 20
AMHU - American Highway (unchanged) 16
WERU - Werner (pilot program started 2014)
157,236
total managed by United States, Motor Carrier & 3PL (141,550 in 2014) 
+15,686
since last year
data as of Feb 1, researched by Jason Hilsenbeck, owner of

14. Unit Count
Intermodal 53’ Container Fleets - United States (dry, for railroad)
38,800
EMHU - UP/NS/CP (+6800 from last year)
35,000
UMAX - UP/CSX (+4000 from last year)
4000
CSXU - CSX (unchanged)
900
TMXU - KCS/NS (unchanged)
800
XFEU - Florida East Coast (+400 from last year)
79,500
total managed by United States, Railroad (68,300 in 2014)
+11,200
since last year
157,236
total managed by United States, Motor Carrier & 3PL
236,736
grand total managed by United States, Railroad+Motor Carrier & 3PL (209,850)
+26,886
since last year % increase in total fleet size
Unit Count
Intermodal 53’ Container Fleets – Canada (dry, for railroad)
8250
CNRU - Canadian National (unchanged, includes Dry and Heated, doesn't include reefer boxes) 
5450
CPPU - Canadian Pacific (+350 includes Dry and Heated, doesn't include reefer boxes)
13,700
total managed by Canada, Railroad
around 3000 x 53’ containers made for ocean vessels (Trailer Bridge, Crowley, Sea Star, Alaskan Marine, Totem)
data as of Feb 1, researched by Jason Hilsenbeck, owner of

23. Container Fleet News 53’ Intermodal Flat Rack fleet expanding:
Boyd Brothers
Prime Inc
Contrans
All Decks Intermodal
Rail Decks and Fontaine are manufacturers

25. Refrigerated Container News
Cold Train goes out of business in Aug ‘14
Infinity Transportation (IT) starts in Nov ‘14 with 200 x 53’ reefer service Pacific northwest to the country's midwest and east coast
Tiger Cool Express which started spring ’14 added 35 more containers, now has 234 refrigerated containers (leased from Quest Capital Group)
BNSF – Fresno, CA ramp closes

28. IMC / Broker News
5/2014 Chicago based Coyote Logistics bought Access America
8/2014 DCLI (Direct ChassisLink Inc) acquired REZ-1
1/2015 Radiant Logistics acquired Wheels Group (Wheels bought Clipper Express in 2006)
Other notables:
- Odyssey Logistics acquired ADS Logistics in Chesteron, IN (Odyssey owns Interdom Partners)
- Chicago based Echo Global acquired Comcar Logistics in FL

29. FF / NVO News
2/2014 – Dachser USA expands into new warehouse in Elk Grove Village
1/2015 – CEVA Logistics expands again in Elk Grove Village, now four facilities totaling 115 dock doors with 650,000 sq. ft.

30. IMC / FF / Broker Trivia
Did you know? People in downtown Chicago in or near Loop working at:
CH Robinson / downtown …around 1000
Coyote / downtown …1000
Echo Global / downtown …1000
XPO Logistics (120), Total Quality Logistics, Arrowstream, Load Delivered
* estimate 4500 people working at 3PL’s downtown

31. Ocean Carrier News Offices closed in Chicago in 2014:
China Shipping moved to Atlanta
COSCO moved to Houston
OOCL moved to Salt Lake City
Evergreen moved to Dallas
Hanjin moved to Phoenix
(jobs were customer service/billing/doc etc, most kept local sales office)

32. Drayage Trucking News
10/2014 – Celadon acquired A&S Services Group (A&S Kinard does truckload and drayage in NY/NJ,BAL,NFK,CHS, SAV,ATL, JAX,WHN,MIA,CHI) * ALSO bought Houg Special Services in Denver
11/2014 – Central States Trucking acquired Multi-Modal Trucking in Indianapolis (Forward Air bought Central States in January 2014)
12/2014 – SalSon acquired Big Daddy Drayage (NY/NJ,NOR,SAV,JAX,HOU,LA/LB)

33. Drayage Trucking News
1/2014 – Comtrak is no more, officially rebranded to “Hub Group Trucking”
OTR trucking companies now offering dedicated container drayage: Hill Bros. (MSP,OMA,KAN,DFW) NEMF (port NY/NJ) (big OTR already providing drayage as stand-alone service: Old Dominion, Schneider National Intermodal Services, Knight Port Services, Averitt Express, Werner)

35. Decrease in FSC decreases dray profits
Base Rate
FSC
Total Invoiced
Profit Margin
Profit
Moves per Month
Profit per Month
$200
35%
$270
20%
$54
1000
$54,000
25%
$250
$50
$50,000
15%
$230
$46
$46,000
Going from $54,000 to $46,000 is reduction of 17.39%
That means your costs need to decline at least 17.39% to maintain same the profit margin you are used to.
Be sure to review your current fuel costs and owner-operator pay and compare to your reduction in receivables amounts. Adjust base rate if necessary.

36. Intermodal Terminal News
Elwood's 2,500-acre industrial park is essentially built out.
At full capacity, the Joliet intermodal will total about 3,500 acres and 20 million square feet of building space (Joliet industrial park is halfway built out)
latest include 406,000 sq ft distribution facility for Neovia Logistics Services
four-acre container yard for Bridge Terminal Transport adjacent to the Union Pacific Intermodal Yard
(per Dec The Herald-News)

37. Walter Strawn Dr. railroad crossing closure near Elwood, IL
The gates at Walter Strawn Drive railroad crossing near the BNSF-Elwood intermodal were broken nearly 50 times in 2013.
Originally permitted for up to 1800 trucks per day, current volume is 8,000 trucks per day.
Walter Strawn Drive crosses Union Pacific tracks which Amtrak uses, those tracks are designated high speed rail, this year those passenger trains will be going even faster

38. Walter Strawn Dr. railroad crossing closure near Elwood, IL
There are overweight grain permits and overweight non-grain permits (divisible loads)
Need 3 permits:
State of Illinois overweight permit
Will County overweight permit
Village of Elwood overweight permit
Will county allows grain overweight, but doesn’t allow non-grain overweight.
Will county controls Arsenal Road, not the State

39. Walter Strawn Dr. railroad crossing closure near Elwood, IL
Why did Village of Elwood even offer non-grain overweight permits creating all the truck traffic on Walter Strawn?
“I want to assure Elwood residents that overweight trucks will not be tolerated on any village roadway. Walter Strawn was the only Route 53 access for overweight trucks and was so heavily traveled for that reason. The only remaining overweight route is through Interstate 55. The new interchange at Arsenal Road was designed to accommodate these trucks.” William Offerman, Village President January 2015
False statement, no option to legally dray non-grain overweight containers out of BNSF-Elwood because Will County doesn’t permit divisible loads.

45. Miscellaneous Federal tax on gas was last raised in 1993
18.4 cents per gallon and not indexed to inflation
with dramatic decrease in fuel prices, now is the time to invest in our roadways!
80,000 lbs. United States gross limit (started 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 limit (48.5 tons)

46. Thank you Jason Hilsenbeck President LoadMatch & Drayage.com
Naperville, IL
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