The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) and its intermodal motor carrier members have issued a position paper
on the serious issues facing intermodal freight carriers. While the threat of a port shutdown by independent truck drivers looms, ATA offers its insights into what intermodal trucking firms consider to be their key issues. Without resolution to the issues, which hit independent drivers and intermodal trucking companies equally, the group says the future of intermodal freight capacity is at stake.
ATA is aware of recent flyers circulating among independent drivers calling on them to park their rigs from June 28 through July 4th, in order to force a "Nationwide Shutdown" of America’s ports. ATA says that while problems at ports adversely affect drivers and motor-carrier companies alike, it is not a party to any potential "shutdown" action.
The ATA paper calls on the myriad American businesses operating in and around U.S. ports to help bring relief to millions of Americans who move the nation’s intermodal freight. For more on the issue visit www.truckline.com.